Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hissell	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	17.2	25.2	9	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	55	49	6	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	4	3	1

Occurrences of hissell in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s his hair wi his haun, calms hissell. on page 1

13 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
hid tae wade oot tae the boat hissell while Ah'm still able. Us wum on page 20
Life of Reilly wi' the Laird Hissell. Mark ye, we'd tae wait a gel on page 28
nk she thoucht that the laird hissell served us wi' oor tea in the on page 29

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
roun the yoe an whussilin til hissell as he duin sae, an than outbr on page 3
wesna sae feirt o the skipper hissell as ither buddies at kent him. on page 5
ance o'z coit, at he spatchit hissell, up the sterr ben hiz chaumer on page 6

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ert the brandie. He professit hissell grytlie tiched bi the twynin, on page 5

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
gantin uplins at him. He gied hissell a waff an the eimage waffit b on page 41
hed ti kerve a mukkil ruid aw hissell ti schaw thaim whitwey ti dae on page 45
wes haein a wie bit greit til hissell, than he gied Barbar's faithe on page 46

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
i hiz wie luifs an mumpin til hissell, ‘Up we gang! Up we gang!�
til the sunnlicht, an he fand hissell rowin i the waarm gerss o a g
This is fine,’ he sayed til hissell. ‘This is bettir nir whyt-w
hiz surpreise an raptur, fand hissell akwallie sated i the starn o
secht o fu pleisur, an layed hissell bak seilfu intil the saft cod
6 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
icna brosie-heidit bumbard as hissell cuid hae a sister wi a gryte
r didna gang awaw, bot ranced hissell agin the kerr an waatchit
red it ti hissell,
thaim aw bi the haun, an set hissell doun whyle the tryne stertit
h i the fuither an he aye pit hissell inti the leit. The men felt
18 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
a great hurry, mutteran till hissell as he came, "Oh! EK Duchess, on page 17
great letter, near as beeg as hissell, an iss he handed oer till e on page 53
d watchan them, an he checked hissell suddenly: e ithers looked roo on page 75
hissell on tiptoe, pit his mooth clos on page 79
hastily sade, an went on till hissell in an undertone, "important-u on page 114
Also on pages 117
6 matches