A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

forefaithers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.6 0.5 3 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences51 2 0 0 0 2
Number of authors4 1 2 1

Occurrences of forefaithers in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Oor forefaithers fished here, doon in the Cree on page 22

1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
an bleed. Nae doot ane o yer forefaithers pit in a blythe ooer or twa s on page 8

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aa himsel an the ghosts o his forefaithers wirkin silently in Hillies' p on page 92

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Tha Forefaithers o Jesus tha Messiah on page 1
mercie tae Abraham an aa oor forefaithers, on page 71

2 matches

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