A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fain Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 18 12.1 0 0 31 0
Number of occurrences4635 8 0 0 3 0
Number of authors23 21 2 1

Occurrences of fain 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

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
isurable birn, an even cast a fain ee at the ither buddies roon on page 140

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
growen-ups. Growen-ups are fu fain o nummers. Whan ye tell them on page 19
'I am wondrous fain o sundouns. Lat us awa an beh on page 26
e is douff an dowie, they are fain o sundouns.' on page 27
For the king wis fu fain that his autoritie be respeck on page 37
s ye onie skaith; but ye were fain that I tamed you. on page 70
Also on pages 83
6 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
As ma fain hairt hud mind o him, on page 16

1 matches

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
e french-horn player, she was fain eneuch, and Ah wud hae gaen t on page 36

1 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
st son in the warld. Heez sae fain, tentie an thouchfu. Noo that on page 78

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
that guid ti me, an A wes gey fain o him! A'l ne'er clap ene on on page 45
ither, wul ye lat me cum ben? Fain wad A hae yeir guidwull, forb on page 46

2 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
he wisnae awfu fain that morn on page 48

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Noo Magnus wuld fain hae bidit in the Hebrides, bi on page 14

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
but is fain to seduce them' on page 36

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
in skailin storm, bluidwytin-fain, on page 24

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Och, it's fain I wid tosh the place up, an b on page 43

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Ye're unco fain tae gowk yoursel, I'm suir! on page 45

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
te, apen-mou'd, heids furrit, fain tae hear. on page 50

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
rge wisna a man that wes ower-fain o tributes onie-hou, laestwey on page 6

2 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ur. But gin oor midgie man is fain o fantoosh poems, he winna fl on page 91

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
’ an a Jaucobite, oorie, an fain o Gaelic sang. The narrator,
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
fur a baist wi fyow waants an fain o a dinkie wattir-syde reside
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
The twenes aince bene fain o sic auld-farrant rymes an t
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ed the People, that they were fain to watch their Houses and Cor
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ane at monie’s been fidgin fain for. Mairattour, as A believe
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an A'm fair fidgin fain tae write
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ut dreich, tho the lasses are fain. Tell my mither, Tonal, that
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
in yir byre of a nicht. An A fain fell in love wi ye, Jennet Bu
1 matches

solonggaybowser Merlin's Bairns, (archiveofourown.org 2020) Central, prose
The fain smirk in Merlin's vyce wis as
1 matches

Briggs, Susi My Yellow Yorlin, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
I cuid fain the musk o anither man’s lu
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
he broom o the cowden knowes/ Fain wad I be in ma ain countrie, (2020) search twitter

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
im oot tae maet e pigs. An he fain wad hae filled his belly wi e on page 107

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
nerstaan!" (Ye see, she wesna fain tae avou een tae hersel at sh on page 23
fain o fleein intae cannles: acaus on page 43
Ailice wesna fain tae shak hanns wi aither o th on page 50
" Deedledee eikit on. "Are ye fain o poetry?" on page 51
thocht Ailice. "I'd be richt fain o aat!" on page 72
Also on pages 85
7 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
urism and Sport, sayed he wis fain o daein muckle mair for the l on page 5

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ah wad fain skreive a letter an send it
Ah wad fain gang hame, but the’r nae ro
2 matches

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