A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ahint

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

yird Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words68.1 82.2 57 29.8 0 124 22.1
Number of occurrences221163 38 3 0 12 5
Number of authors43 33 5 2 5 1

Occurrences of yird in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
tae len the yird a wheet o licht on page 6
We bide in yird, set ackwart in blaik cribs, on page 22
Legacies o Yird on page 40
gaird yird frae heiven on page 57

5 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
happit in clingin, teemin yird on page 32

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Naething is foriver on yird, on page 40

2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ts that hae names, like o the Yird, Jupiter, Mars, an Venus, the on page 18
sleep deep in the mirk o the yird, till ae seed taks a notion t on page 22
e starn, ae planet, mine, the Yird, there wis a wee prince tae b on page 30
e like lowes in a lum. On oor Yird we are ower sma tae redd oot on page 34
"The planet Yird, answert the geographer chiel on page 57
Also on pages 58, 59, 60, 68, 69, 78, 82, 95
22 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
Bealin, lipperous crust o the yird, craters etterin pooshinous p on page 9

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The bare yird stabbed wi tines o green on page 91

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
d bawbees frae ma guidman, an yird thaim inablo the staw-duir, a on page 48

1 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
d, juist like aroun the ither yird, a sun and a sternfu, silent on page 55

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
e. The howkin oot o faithless yird, the layin-doon o causey-stan on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
aun the naitur o life on this yird as weel as ony animal yet abu on page 6

2 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
wha've leeved throu hell oan yird on page 13
..an this yird is birlin roon the soolin, oo on page 24
a'd "Auld Reekie" endlang the yird on page 32
in ivry society endlang the yird on page 37

4 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
for centuries had tilled its yird. Haud on Wull Cleland! Haud o on page 38
euch in the lift tae warm the yird o the holm. Adam wis fidgin t on page 57

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
the ae merk on this braid yird I've stravaiged, on page 83
e, yon wumman kenned aa about yird, on page 100

3 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
thae tuik aiths bi heiven an yird an hell. And thae gied the on page 14

8 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
jig, saft wi yer taes in the yird. Their sangs turn, wirds in s on page 23

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Aa that he kent o lift and yird Oot o a single buik. on page 7
hae spaed aa whummiins o the yird, on page 41

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
thon giant that bestrides the yird, on page 28
As saisons turn, the yird bestirs hersel. on page 149

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
ang lede wi ruits howe in the yird." on page 3

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
yird them whaur they faw on page 46
fae the mawkit yird o Flodden on page 70
at the hert o the yird on page 76

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The harried yird wi bluid, wi spartit hairns on page 28
s staukin cauld-fit throu the yird on page 33
The bare yird stabbed wi tines o green on page 53
In yird's embrace; on page 80

4 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
es a thoosan faddoms ablo the yird. on page 42

2 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
or yird. on page 23

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
The bare yird stabbed wi tines o green on page 91

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 58 - twa poems bi George Hardie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Hamilton, poetry
o air and yird. on page 41

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
And peace tae his fowk on the yird. on page 97

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An the blae yird birlin like a beacon in the l on page 49

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
? This is a sleikit ploy, tae yird Scots unner the general name on page 121

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
e o thir bodies – the early Yird – bairged intil anither roc
oo come til oor ain hame, the Yird, an gauin by it we heid ootwa
0 mile abreed an cuid fit the Yird in it 1,300,000 times ower. T
e traivel fae the Sun tae the Yird. Athoot the Sun the wad'a bee
ess o the Sun itsel. Whan the Yird is in the gait o thir pairtic
56 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
on the tellie shawed the hail yird his iggerance whan he speirt,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
the sheuch an shawin tae the yird the puir cheil's want o a gui
1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 76 - I am the Lass, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
the yird, your daith, I am
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
in in the air abuin an in the yird ablo an aroun him, thirlin ev
arl, sent frae the hert o the yird ti be tauld at lest ti the aw
2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
t wes slawlie sinkin inti the yird. It bene beilt
the fluir wes yit the trodden yird, an the wes
the profit o the yird an sie. Verra suin thai growe
3 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
e stane, he thocht he saw the yird mudge a wee. He blinkit his e
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
bjects birlin roond aboot the yird? Mair nor twa an a hauf-thoos
a guid walin o picturs o the yird (http://visibleearth.nasa.gov
e find intelligence ayont the yird. Ye can be a pairt o this bi
d daith o mony species on the yird (http://www.physlink.com/Educ
4 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
micht be ither life ayont oor Yird is naething new. The ancient
ark he debatit life ayont the Yird an throu the Universe. Anithe
t cuid traivel the gait o the Yird, but speirt, gin that wis the
w, the nearest starns til oor Yird (apairt fae oor ain ane, the
4 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
This fremmit yird wid be your battlefield,
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
kythin o God or gods on this yird that’s come tae ser some my
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
opriety - the ainership o the yird an the correctness o the tong
1 matches

Lawrenson, Dorothy Ranch Road 12, San Marcos, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Fife, poetry
the gutterie loanin, drookit yird
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
und the naitur o life on this yird as weel as ony animal nou lí
tae ye. It wis a dream o the yird as it will be whan Man haes v
y kickit up clods o the black yird and sneeshed its braw scent.
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n, an there wis guid alluvial yird, though haudin it in the fiel
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
nternet readers frae ower the yird, shuid be alloued tae see tha
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
fowk frae aw the airts o the yird. The DSL taen three year tae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
ther organizations athort the yird that micht can help. We juist
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
A Jovian ploy wi pith o the Yird.
1 matches

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
ing” seem tae arise oot the yird itsel and haud oor herts.
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An a boxie o yird wis teen in for peer puss on page 15

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
kent by the feel o the yird underfit on page 3
the yird o ilky generations on page 15
iver closer tae the yird on page 60

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
unn hersel sittin doun on the yird, bursen an deizie. on page 33
ve, a bittikie-but nae on the yird-an nae wi wyres," Ailice wes on page 71
'd be mair siccar doun on the yird?" Ailice heild on, nae wi ony on page 78
the Fite Keing, sittm on the yird, sereivin eidenthie in his jo on page 91

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
d up frae the derk foon o the yird, sweet an clear an bonnie. Th
ubarb lay curled up aneth the yird.
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ht ower the lave o the planet Yird.
nkind frae aff the face o the Yird. Watter wis their element: fr
ce stances, faur oot frae the Yird, afore makkin fit wis caad ai
rkit lang-term tae lowden the Yird's pollution. Their ain wee pl
They howpit tae colonise the Yird gin they cud stabilise it an
27 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ollowing doric phrases Fit on yird are gyan tae learn tae spik y(2014) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s-fed staek? Whit like is the yird o Mars? Whit like is the smel on page 71
nno faimly on the wrang kinno yird, reclaimed fae regolith tae g on page 90

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
falo animation widna cost the yird. Katie Morag could be owreset
1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
he dominie scart in the wersh yird, on page 129
whan the weel-sawn yird begoud tae steer on page 140
in sempler yird; last lap o towrist pilgrimag on page 144

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
As saisons turn, the yird bestirs hersel. on page 216

2 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
It glents on the yird lyke a pairt on page 36
'twein the lift an the yird. on page 37

2 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The yird reveals itsell,
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
lave o humanitie authourt the yird.
this Yird, is ee did twae thoosan yeir
2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
re growthie aa ower the braid yird, an beasts were thrang in the
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
e deid aneath him in tha coul yird in tha hint o thon stane dyke on page 8
r, an buried them deep in tha yird. on page 14
Ma spade gaed doon, tha yird comed up, on page 20
Thon yird is thrang wi mony banes, on page 28
Poued lilies fae tha yird on page 30

5 matches

Web Analytics