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forgie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words30.4 22.9 32 0 58.1 0 92.8
Number of occurrences9443 20 0 10 0 21
Number of authors31 25 2 2 2

Occurrences of forgie 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

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
g for hersel at she wad ne'er forgie him. Nou he needit assists fr on page 27

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
I ax bairns tae forgie me for dedicatin this buik ta on page 7
ails forby. But there ye maun forgie me. My freend didna richt exp on page 21
'Please forgie me.' on page 32
him, at lang an last. 'Please forgie me. Try tae be blythe.' on page 34
'Guid sir, he said tae him, 'Forgie me gin I speir a questin.." on page 38
Also on pages 67
6 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
rry,' he said. 'A hope ye can forgie me.' Matthew stayed silent. on page 43

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
An did Ah forgie him fir afore? on page 11

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
hers hae a mishanter! We maun forgie, that we aw micht byde in Hei on page 48

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ye maun forgie me passin ye by on page 67

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Miss Honey said. 'And please forgie me fur interruptin ye like th on page 86

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Nou ye'll hae tae forgie me but A thocht that the noti on page 36

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
his baird. 'I didnae mean it. Forgie me. I'm sae sorry. Guid-bye, on page 89
,' Mr Wonka said. 'Ye hae tae forgie me if I dinnae hear a word yo on page 144

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Forgie me if ah sit an smirk, on page 92
then ye'll forgie aa his warts. It's only fair on page 119
tie Crispinus, ma friens wull forgie me aa ma fauts on page 122

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Forgie me, lass! - Ye've got your f on page 45

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Forgie us the empty silence o oor se on page 112

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Forgie me, but A ken yer voice - on page 5

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Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Wid Ah ken noo tae forgie? on page 20

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Hardie, George Lallans 67 - Ane Amang Monie, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Hamilton, poetry
I can forgie the sodger lads on page 143

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
forgie us our sins, on page 97

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Forgie the whimsy. Apairt frae the a on page 4

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Stuart, “naither wonder.” Forgie’z, Faither, but thir wis hi
ee what like it wis.” Weel, forgie her, Faither. I forgie her my
her, Faither. I forgie her mysel. But please Ye no t
at kin o a promotion this is. Forgie’z sayin aa this, Faither, b
hree weeks for tae ask Ye tae forgie’z the nou. I’m tryin tae
7 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
s ye an ill turn will ne’er forgie ye. Billy Bunter has never lo
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
acause the Awmichty micht no forgie ony sneist taeward hes ain an
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Said “God wid forgie, tae see youngsters at play!
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
eh?) in our language. Sorry, forgie ma ignorance, ah mean oor ‘
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Ah, Dominie,” he sayed, “forgie the interruption.”
sel for her lapse. “Ah’ll forgie ye the question,” he sayed
2 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Forgie me man, but Suddron fields I
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@LairnScots tweeted
ushLtd in Glesga - so we can forgie them fir no mindin the apostr (2019) twitter link

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
l, the gweed buik an aw says 'forgie thaim that trespass agin you' on page 99
an here agane war the words, "forgie thaim thit trespass agin you. on page 100

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Forgie oor mistaks on page 13
t e Sin o Man his e richt tae forgie ill-deeins in iss warl," (an on page 17
wa fae yer ill wyes, God will forgie yer ill-deeins, jist as it sa on page 83
his blasphemous spik? Fa can forgie ill deeins bit God aleen?" Bi on page 88
naebody will spik ill o you; forgie an ye'll be forgien; gie, an on page 90
Also on pages 92, 99, 109, 119
17 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Blist ir dem dat forgie dey'll be forgien. on page 88
Forgie da ills wir dön on page 93
s no whit da Göd Man wid do. Forgie - dat is da wye o da Göd Ma on page 97
y hit's only da Loard dat can forgie fock da ill der dön?' on page 109
id, 'Loard, tak peety apo me. Forgie aa my faats an mak me truly g on page 129
Also on pages 149, 169
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De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
dat blyde ta see dem at shö forgie dem richt awa fur no takkin h
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
An forgie iz oor debts, on page 6
forgie fowk thair wrangdaeins, yer F on page 7
Sinn o Man haes tha pooer tae forgie sins here on irth..." - he t on page 9
an turnt tae God for hïm tae forgie thaim. Like ye'll fin ïn tha on page 73
kin sitch blasphemie? Wha can forgie sïns but God alane?" on page 78
Also on pages 80, 82, 89, 98, 110, 112
20 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
forgie. on page 64

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