A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sworn'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
swornOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus41310
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sworn in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ram or onything, bit I cood a sworn I saa Santy Claas settin a mu on page 31

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Sworn lawfu brethern present
Efter the loons hid sworn, the made horseman gaed ilkie
Sworn noo, niver tae reveal their m
3 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
o treachery. He haed ne’er sworn fealty tae Edward, sae he cou
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
tae Matilda too. Matilda hud sworn her tae secrecy no tae tell a on page 130

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s really fae cause ah've been sworn tae secrecy - on page 114

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
they had been daein they had sworn tae each anither that they'd on page 97

1 matches

Glasgow

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Lookin at it afore, a coulda sworn ahin in it wis a part o the h
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae the same masel, it’s yer sworn duty tae bam yer mates up at
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e Queen Elizabeth. Ah could o sworn he hit the groond wi a splat.
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ve. At yin point he could hae sworn he saw bricht spairks fliskin on page 33

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
asks, laughin. 'I could have sworn I heard that you died!" on page 116

1 matches

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