A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hold Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.6 31.4 12.8 19.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences7059 8 2 1 0 0
Number of authors38 29 6 2 1

Occurrences of hold in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
st a quid each. He kin barely hold his excitement back. Our part on page 12
up wae trepidation. He takes hold ae it n pulls himself up. His on page 15
Broonie n his da ir tryin tae hold back a smile. A wid let one on page 51

3 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Tae luve, an have an hold, on page 14

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Oh that the Gulf could hold us, cure us quite, on page 30

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hus maist likely been pit oan hold fur an hour and hus hud tae s on page 124

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ou left, Christopher Rice got hold of Sammy Semple's jotter an h on page 18
topher Ross did a really loud hold-yir nose effort an Miss Thin on page 89

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
bunch o 12-year-auld's gat a hold o a firework is beyond me, bu on page 20
nae idea why, but Dante hus a hold oan me, ah fink, scrapin away on page 48
the other subjects at school hold a candle tae English - as mu on page 50

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
y said, then added, "Mind yer hold-all." on page 37
m yisterday, so he'd left his hold-all ahent. on page 38

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
sky. The pains o Hell take a hold o me and ease as ah breathe i on page xii
te between your contractions. Hold off pushing a little longer, on page xix
Leanne struggles tae hold eye contact wi us fur mair th on page 12
the ridiculous standards they hold me tae. on page 13
nough. All we need tae dae is hold oor heads up high and when fo on page 78
Also on pages 83, 91
7 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an aipples doon the hold on page 32

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
cted souls in cold eternity's hold! on page 73

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
in, "Now if only Scotland can hold on to that score for another
1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
ou left, Christopher Rice got hold of Sammy Semple’s jotter an
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
l described as ‘plays which hold their position in world liter
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
r-approved rucksack intae the hold fir me, aa the while hinkin A
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
’ tae put ma luggage in the hold, the ‘tax’ fur the driver
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Oor ainly job is tae hold the door tae this ither warld
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Hold on a moment. I’m just going
ve-pack o bog roll ah see. Ah hold ma breath every time somewan
rings, and seconds later, the hold music’s playin. Ah paint ma
The hold music drives me roond the ben
Two hoors later, the hold music stops.
8 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
uld let him in; would let him hold it and squeeze the life oot o
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
his brother’s shouts tae “Hold your ground!” Oor fear, fru
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
” someone else wid call. “Hold on, A’ll get tae ye when A
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
m wi’ oor ain han’s an’ hold ontae it that tight it wid ni
ot bein’ free ‘to’. Tae hold up wur heids wi’ the superp
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
roos. “If I thought I could hold my drink, I might.”
1 matches

Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
We'll hold the ones we call oor ain and
1 matches

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
But hud on, hold it, how diz Santa git in yir
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Hawd oan ti values you hold dear,
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
rt o Leith, stuffed intae the hold o the ship The Croon o London
The hold wis that ticht us as wurna il
Us prisoners wur still in the hold. Ye see ony ship’s captain

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
omebody said, whit tae dae is hold them aff until half time. Tha
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
I got the boldness, hold this, oh this?
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
g being auld into it ? ye can hold back a wee bit.(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
ied once though as a couldnae hold the ski sticks properly! Hee (2015) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
gender obsession disnae take hold. She decided to huv them on b (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
@AVK1972 Hold oot tae full time cos av got (2021) twitter link
@staunchlilbear Hold a lightee up tae arse an yer (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- as u no ammy fitbaw is on hold the noo it wooda been great f (2020) twitter link
tart just as the winter takes hold - o dear o dear (2020) twitter link
cant seem to get hold of some one on here this morn (2020) twitter link
3 redials this morning and on hold for 15 minutes - after a doc (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
shooder, the ither cairried a hold-all, an ye didna need ti be a on page 38

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ux s'il vous plait" said she "Hold on" said dad "wid we nae need on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tle space. One can't possibly hold on to everything. She was nin on page 72

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
esterday aifter only being on hold for a mintie. The GP she got
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
e air - his strength will be hold up and fae reports it looks l (2021) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
ServiceTeam why am I still on hold ten mins efter th call centre(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ne will hif whit I hif had. I hold to this though I be mad. on page 18

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
o, and jist beginneen tae tak hold in Shetland noo tae. Here, hi(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ven't even been taught how to hold their bow properly". Wir hosi on page 13

1 matches

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