Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

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Use in varieties of Scots

bare	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	59.3	44.2	110	59.6	23.2	51.7	70.8
Number of occurrences	190	86	73	6	4	5	16
Number of authors	79	49	9	6	3	5	8

Occurrences of bare 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

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
ere? He knows, of course, the bare facts: he can read his entry on page 15

1 matches

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
wi bare broon legs on page 15
umpit dully doon the close on bare huifs, on page 22
the banks are bare, an stoor blaws in the breeze on page 27
ty rooms are silent, cauld an bare, on page 28
belly bare, a tattoo disappearin tantali on page 30

6 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
boot bitin his heid aff; "The bare-faced cheek!" on page 67
ike that! Who's giein oot the bare-faced cheek noo?" the Hatter on page 72

2 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Wi ye, ah'll face thaim bare on page 78

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 82 - The Gowden Boat, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Oan the bare-as-birkie bank, Ah bide alane on page 15

1 matches

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
tae a bare rock flair an waas on page 56

1 matches

Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
which didnae bare thocht on on page 171

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
s. 'Ahm no touchin him wi mah bare hawns.' on page 31

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ts. Noo aw that's left is the bare frames, which ir like notice on page 24

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"whit is yon bare patch on yer neck on page 230

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
an plaisant eneuch tae paidle bare-fittit. Aboot sax staps oot a on page 22

1 matches

McNeil, Andrew Lallans 58 - Carnegie’s Turning, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
No the bairns in bare feet on page 122

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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
waitin fur the lads. Street's bare. Trees're bare. Big fat moon on page 1

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
rk, he gies back tae them the bare minimum that will keep them f on page 6

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
when he lowpt on the pownie's bare back an skelpt awa alang the on page 34
for years tryin tae win us a bare leevin frae Cruikedbank ... a on page 79

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
like a bird on a bare brainch, threap, on page 43

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
om o wearin a kilted plaid wi bare shanks an nae breiks.' on page 14

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
There, laid bare, are the resources on page 34

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
A man an wife, lay bare thur life, on page 105
hoose is there, yer life laid bare, on page 106

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
tae the customer. "She's done bare ten on page 18
Ye huv tae mind that she wis bare five year auld and it isnae e on page 23
and had stuck richt ontae the bare skin, there wis a hale loado on page 30

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
bbe. Her Defence Secretar, as bare-faced as ye cuid ivver see, c on page 55

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
stripped bare an bare-nakit on page 70

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
shoes aff on a hot day an run bare foot across a scorchin hot pa on page 13

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And aw thae young yins bare leather helmets on page 29
t yer basic close, gas meter, bare on page 88
And the lassie like him bare as licht in the day, on page 155

3 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
the fritter) A hae leart tae bare face lee whan ma mither inqui on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
by the mirkie licht o the yin bare lichtbulb that hung frae the on page 23

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
h'm gone. Cathy only does the bare minimum. Sandra stepped up ta on page 47

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Tae bare the furthy seed-box, then on page 2
Wi heid unhappt an reid bare caufs, on page 4
Round your bare pow tume o dreams, on page 11
The bare yird stabbed wi tines o green on page 53

4 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
d ti be fittit ticht agin the bare stane waas o the bylerhoose, on page 65

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
e're strippit o them, aa laid bare. on page 35

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
beginnin tae thin oot on his bare pow, an at the grey grizzle o on page 17

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
I lie bare-scuddie on my metal bunk on page 21

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ie had the richt o it. He wis bare nakit for a'bdy tae see. on page 68

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

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Back-Eyn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
is burssen wi bare-faced braivity - on page 70

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
up clean as wind, matt grass, bare trees. on page 107

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
e getting scunnert at aa this bare flesh!' quo Cherlie, 'But hau on page 60

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wk, the red stoorie rods, the bare-fit people an masks o ae kin on page 91

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
shoes aff on a hot day an run bare foot across a scorchin hot pa
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
a strong garron, wi a mukkil bare-fuit
uld at gin ye tich it wi yeir bare skin ye ar frosin tilt belyve
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
cabular o the leid doun tae a bare-banes ootwale o 850 wirds in
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Till ilka leaf gane bare and broun
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
uld winds blaw. Let trees gae bare.
it's stark an bare
2 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Whan ye glower oot ower a bare cairngorm glen, or the icy pl
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
s wi blue pentit faces, prood bare-kistit chiels, auld men in ki
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
or Clan. Tae replace us wi’ bare-arsed Campbells, fir the “p
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
flimsy wee orange togas an wi bare feet on them. Bare feet. No e
feet on them. Bare feet. No even flip flops. Bar
feet. No even flip flops. Bare feet on the pavements wis jis
3 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Whit pains a had tae bare,
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
e song eh? ‘Those hills are bare now, and autumn leaves lie th
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ane wis icy cauld against her bare feet. Her heid still rang wae
assland behind her hoose. Her bare feet and ankles brushed again
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
an the lave, hunkerin on the bare hillside wi thair backs tae
muckle tae support life. The bare ruits o antrin win-thrawn tre
he wis hackin at the man’s bare chist wi't, ilka slash bringi
ed fully clad, apairt fae his bare feet. He wis het noo, an droo
4 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
tion o the USA haes been laid bare wi an unexpeckit starkness, a
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
ch. Feelin’ his hand oan ma bare skin forces a whimper oot ay
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
hauf kyle o raip lyin on the bare wuiden flair ower in ae corne
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
lock in the aifternoon on the bare moor cawed Airds Moss near Cu

@DABArbuckle tweeted
s, imagine ony Tory haein the bare faced cheek tae cry onybody a(2020) search twitter

@Sinethugcat tweeted
sh (several a night) stick my bare feet oot from under (the ligh (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@ajmc1066 its sair tae bare m8 - av hud tae pit it aff (2021) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
bare nyakkit. Of coorse at first w on page 8

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ke it." Faither noddit it the bare space oan the coffee table. " on page 8
hairstin parks an earth at's bare. on page 11
neth the licht fae the singil bare bulb at swung fae the widden on page 88

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
.please, lady." Een o the sax bare-chestit young laddies smiled on page 12
, rinnin her hans aa ower his bare chest an belly an rubbin hers on page 16
as far as ye cud see: harsh, bare scenery bit wi a beauty in it on page 21
achter an music te tears - a bare shelter te mony a singil man on page 92

5 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
chts o mony fowk will be laid bare." on page 83

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Nae food, the fridge is bare on page 150

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
I felt that pouerfu, takkin a bare bit paper an fullin't wi pict on page 51

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Dry mornin affa cauld an gey bare,
aw sinny day bit a wee bittie bare.
Bare win melts the sna in nae time
Day feels bare an affa affa cauld,
Bit ere's a affa cauld bare win,
18 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Wind dis blaw cauld an bare,
Frost dis stick in, cauld an bare.
Bare mornin gie mysel a shak noo a
e a great mornin gey cauld an bare.
Affa bare bit it's bonny an fair.
27 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
A bare ten meenits frae hame, she lu
clyack sheaf, raxxin teem an bare in the meenlicht ootbye, ower
t. Ilkie een hid his left fit bare an his left haun raised abeen
like burgandy, winy-broon an bare, in the deid-thraa o Winter.
rt, an chiselled on't wis the bare twa wirds 'Wee Jaikie', a cot
7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
s a student, kennin anely the bare fac that he'd bin born there.
, watchin the oor glaiss that bare ran ava.
on snaa plooed roads, wi the bare skite o tarmac settin wheels
irth like tae hoast its laist bare a flame in't, an anely the ae
4 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
Cairnbulg Castle through the bare dying trees, and the sands o
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Auld nest in a bare tree
The bare tree a bicker o spugs
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
doon at her lang bare airms that war hauf-bauld, an
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
or wiks, the shelves hiv been bare an fowk hiv been strugglin ta
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
noo, withoot her, seems aafal bare and bleak. on page 33

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bare branches against blue/grey sk on page 112

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a bit coorse an yuikie oan bare laegs on page 101

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
We me own secrets laid bare on page 131

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bare feet in comfy sandals or on page 100

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
it's "as common as Geese wae bare feet" in the hills around me. (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
lched up atween da taes a dir bare feet. Dey wir da aert bile to on page 92

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
a third, da decks wis wöshen bare, on page 59

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
as I can. Rigs raked till dir bare; sometimes gadderin up da new
d tufts a girse, scratchin my bare legs an leavin red welts up t
2 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Through steam yer strippit bare on page 10

1 matches

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
t the auncient Celts focht in bare scud... on page 142

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ah hing ootowre the bare winnok,
1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
en, fur the cupboard wis near bare.
1 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
lla7 @aidanreilly6 traced eer bare feet e mean #pishheed(2012) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
The porridge bare had time tae cool afore it di on page 15
rnin. Hans that had slapt hir bare legs whan she had gien cheek. on page 29
the waal, wushin he cud play bare-fit wi the weans. He had watc on page 31
lin o the bathin box an walkt bare-fit doon the slipway. Hir toe on page 50
al he iver wanted was tae rin bare-fit wi the weans on the Water on page 56
Also on pages 60
7 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
On the bare knowe, streetchin on page 29

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
sea meets promised lan On its bare banes, on page 26

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
rren, an tha wames that niver bare weans, an tha breeshts that n on page 109

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
We hae laid bare hir store, on page 37

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Glass wus drank an saucer bare. on page 18
Thut we been caa'd til bare, on page 24

2 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Tha cupboard wus bare on page 24

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
ooaniver, naebody's gien me a bare bawbee for the spakin o it! (2014) twitter link
heeker! Dinnae forget the big bare arses! (2015) twitter link