A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

biled Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.6 16 14.4 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3930 9 0 0 0 0
Number of authors12 8 4

Occurrences of biled 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

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
dna ralley need, an pulled ma biled ledder cap doon tichter ower on page 56

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
nchbull, her coupon mair like biled gammon than ever, wis staundi on page 160

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
cuid be chewit an the taste o biled salt beef wis ane that soon l on page 37
y tastit fine aince they were biled fer a few meenits, an the wor on page 98

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
argarine tae their breakfast, biled tatties and kail tae their de on page 5
, and denner wis mibbe hauf a biled tattie. on page 46
Is biled awa for wance and aw. on page 91
in oot the inside o a massive biled sweetie! Is she bonnie or whi on page 92
t ye tae buy me a muckle pink biled-sweetie boatie exactly like M on page 93
Also on pages 129
7 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
taste o onythin wioot a wheen biled hairy oobits in it. Snails, t on page 7
be fried tae a frump! I'll be biled like a tattie!' on page 41
id be Geordie's blame. He had biled up the medicine. He had gien on page 49
ed back tae her. 'I did it! I biled ye up a new medicine!' on page 51
'I biled it,' Geordie said. 'But no fo on page 80
Also on pages 85, 89, 98
9 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
wis because he scoffed three biled chookies slaistered wi dumpli on page 2
n their tea. Boggin had three biled chookies slaistered wi dumpli on page 31
at scowdered yer thrapple and biled in yer belly. on page 64

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
es when, ower a dour denner o biled chicken, biled on page 13
e wird "blanched" here means "biled" - string beans, Mr, Poe tel on page 14

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
When he biled a chocolate egg. on page 21

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ophecies, Rapture an Ragnarok biled up intae yin. Yon weirdit end
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
, tied wi string afore it got biled, skinned an pressit. The tast
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
and the ither half wid be on biled egg. Noo maist folk mix in ma
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
eenity's thocht, "an a bittie biled ham." on page 26
titbits' extractit a bittie o biled ham fae's sandwich an gied it on page 63

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
n beddin pit on. Dumplins war biled, tae see them intae the new y
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fin she got hame. Sae Pranny biled the rice an gaithered the her
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e see men burnt tae the daith,biled by escapin stame or tae hear
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
hty bats, an rattens taenails biled wi forkietail bree. Bit
athin frae salmon tat dauds o biled ham. The twa moosies
eely wally airms the colour o biled cabbage, an he luikit that
3 matches

Noble, Brian , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
A bonny big dumplin biled in a cloot
1 matches

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