A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

burden Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 7.2 1.5 39.7 17.4 0 22.1
Number of occurrences2714 1 4 3 0 5
Number of authors20 10 1 3 2 4

Occurrences of burden in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
last, she felt free frae her burden o grief an horror. It wis o t on page 67

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Aa they tasks bring their burden tae the back, on page 16

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The burden o grief's still in oor herts on page 19
share the burden? on page 20

2 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
ease yer burden, cairry it faur. on page 9

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Suin regaird it as a burden.
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Aa thae tasks bring their burden tae the back,
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
comment o whit body haed the burden in the first instance for spe
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
tensive uissage, and mair o a burden is cairrit by the spallins, t
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
The burden o his people's doom
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
Murdoch. Ask Paul Dacre. The burden o an opinion an a means tae d
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
sion anent Elections haes the burden for
anent Elections wis gien the burden forby, for makkin the
2 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
cottish poet maun assume, the burden o his people’s doom, an dee (2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hem, raither than hae them a 'burden upon the pairish'. Matthew Br
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
When the burden's too heavy tae cairry And th on page 67

1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
Owld Norse: Number Wan – a burden; Twa –
Settan doon a burden,
2 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
thir wey heem slowly, for the burden o' errands wis heavy and aye
1 matches

Shetland

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
n hame fae da banks wi a back-burden o widd at wis come wi da sea.
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Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
is bön at da Dutch Loch wi a burden each a beddin at da Mistress
dey wir come back for anidder burden. Da lad wis lookin ower his s
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e wecht o Lambeg drams an the burden o temperance. Da had the ligh on page 22

1 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
An takkin up hir burden, gaen: on page 9

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Fer ma yauk ïs aisie, an ma burden ïs licht." on page 9

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Ye stand abave tha beeces oo burden, on page 29
Fae noo wi joy mae burden bearetnh. on page 31

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