A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of coud in Corpus

Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
'you coud bide in hell for aa I care - on page 52

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Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
an A coud only imagine whit they haed b on page 171

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
nstrictor, sae the growen-ups coud see it clear. They ay need ta on page 10
s. Here is the best portrait] coud dae o him efterhin. But my dr on page 12
your chair a bittie. Syne ye coud see the gloamin faw whaniver on page 27
uer. Gin he had it himsel, he coud hae behauden no jist forty-fo on page 38
be richt obeyed, he said, "he coud gie me a wiselike biddin. For on page 41
Also on pages 48, 53, 58, 59, 60, 80, 87
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
hert, whate'er uissfu thing A coud pit ma haunds on, aw ma treis on page 48

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Ah coud tolerate the auld guys on page 95

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
chological weel-bein o bairns coud be skaithed. On the wab mony on page 54

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
clean as aw the luve we wance coud gie each ither, and yet eneuc on page ix
Nor coud ye shoot yon bachly bagwash h on page 29
're intae that kin o thing ye coud on page 35
And ye coud go intae Woolworths wi wan an on page 98
Coud say by caunlelicht alang the on page 109
Also on pages 131, 136
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
e? The soonds comin oot o hit coud wauk up the deid! on page 18

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Coud wiss weel tae his ploys if he on page 45
But coud she no just keep on page 64

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
chological weel-bein o bairns coud be skaithed. On the wab mony on page 54

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
As swippert as a bubbly-jock coud flee. on page 45

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
a douchty crew o Scots seamen coud hae strauchl't wi an English on page 50

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Ye coud win tae that vera place. on page 39

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the natives coud only dream on page 12
Whit if fowk coud unnerstaun Pictish boondary m on page 15
Whit if the deid coud spik? on page 36
coud thole or staun afore. on page 40
Noo Captain, coud you pass on page 47
Also on pages 50, 51, 62, 77, 78, 79
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
n a mainer maist ordinar fowk coud maister is Tony Connery's ste on page 65

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
coorse, as he says forby, it coud be argied that, sen or awn le on page 116

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
rmid an his mauchtie backmen, coud kythe in a mair public an mai on page 109

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
coud nou be spunkit up. Again the on page 8

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ed staunin guid, an the tairm coud mean legal securitie or guara on page 25

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Gin aa my blaik mishanters he coud see, on page 43

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McCabe, Alan Lallans 73 - Unsteek the Door o Ma Hert, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An aw the words this fule coud say on page 94

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
This beuk coud hae been a thousan blads in l on page 119
ll's feictional toun o Devana coud weill be Aiberdeen, tho mebbe on page 120

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
at ane mae wi'd ... oh, an ye coud come, sir, an lay your haund on page 135

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
. Thaim that wants mair micht coud gang for a hurl on the Gawin on page 15

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ritie educatioun depairtments coud howk intae the potential for
eid communitie stake-hauders, coud think on hou new media, sik a
��The Scottish Govrenment ... coud conseider hou support for, an
3 matches

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
ither seestems a bodie micht coud wael tae gae fornent the FPTP
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
t wis amang the first hundert coud anely be fund faurer doun the
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
egins to jow an' croon’, he coud nivver hae jaloused that croo
ans wis ox eye daisies, but I coud hae been wrang. Like mony pla
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
sand licht-year or sae, micht coud be the braid-spreid daith o m
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ime as her, whiles I thinks I coud juist pit my airm roond her w
feegur o a lassie like Janice coud wonder at a remerk like Stuar
t raesonable he wis aboot it. Coud Ye credit what he says? “I�
her heid like she wished she coud whiech awae the wirds, an Stu
o Christianity wis that life coud be cairied tae perfitness, sy
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
be nae end ti the weys at ye coud cleck a grammar for a exposit
ti ‘thae wha...’) sae ye coud threip at thir strynds is wee
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
egur ablo, A hae three, but A coud hae sindert thaim in a wheen
s o machine translation micht coud hae its springheid in the lee
t, something that nae machine coud iver be able for reproducin.
at is, o coorse, richt, an it coud be that thon’s the merker o
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
an fluir. Efter thon ye micht coud tak a virtual daunder roond t
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
dialect in the same wey as ye coud descrive it as an ‘Irish In
n wirds o Irish oreegin micht coud be expectit tae be mair commo
coud assume that, like Hiberno-Ing
bution tae Mid-Ulster Inglish coud e’en furm anither argiment
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
"A coud sit here an tak tent til this
t. No a singil straik o licht coud be seen.The sterns simplie sh
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
an element o ‘coorseness’ coud be seen in him i the post-wei
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Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
at Willie bade for as lang he coud afore cannily tryin tae direc
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ense o oor ain virtue. Gin we coud stap clappin oor ain backs fo
e best political education ye coud ask for, which is tae actuall
e. An gin we had that, gin we coud see the direct relationships
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
“Gin it wis for yer wark ye coud git the siller aff o the Job
he ospital an douts the hoose coud dae wi a lick o paint. He buy
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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
��s gracie consait is that he coud mak out hou his spreit spak o
k. Cecco aiblins hedna a saul coud spire sae heich; or aiblins w
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
o whit reactionary forces she coud mebbe caw tae the polls for t
nist voters wasna the anes we coud ever peuther or wyce or rede.
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Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
-2008 anti-establishment muid coud be fangit bi a progressive an
1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ne wi the bauld heid, bit you coud hae the ither yin.
a ken whare ta leuk.A wusht A coud hae deed richt thare. Onniewe
A coud hae bin braisent an gied her
y, an a rowth o het watter. A coud
nin ower the monitor gless. A coud mak thaim
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Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
ssibility, buyin fae fairmers coud be the maist effective wey fo
maa are gaun tae gaung unner. Coud it be thou, that Scots fuid p
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Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
Kingdom. Then, men an weemin coud dedicate a thochtie mair time
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
but bidan somepiece A coud be…”
1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
means at da dooble AA spellin coud be a standard spellin for wir
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Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
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robson46 div e hink he wul. A coud say what av herd ali?(2012) search twitter
@Bulla7 @malty118 a coud dae it quicker standing on ma(2012) search twitter