Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

knelt	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	6.9	5.1	6	19.9	0	0	26.6
Number of occurrences	22	10	4	2	0	0	6
Number of authors	11	5	3	2			1

Occurrences of knelt 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ger than a rat-hole: then she knelt doon an lookt alang the on page 11

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n o few words, baur when they knelt in prayer ilka nicht for God' on page 43

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Geordie knelt doon and held oot the spoon w on page 90

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
alane in the kitchen. Violet knelt doon aside Klaus, and gied hi on page 55

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
m down. Pickin oot ae egg, he knelt doun by the river an set it i on page 17

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
The warrior knelt afore his faither. on page 57

1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
She knelt doon oan the carpet and used
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wa men got up fae his seat an knelt aside him, steadyin him wi ba
oot his hauns tae her an she knelt aside his chair, while he str
ill approached the wumman. He knelt aside her an pu’ed back the
3 matches

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
makkin the hat on top. Cyaard knelt in his suit o birds and took on page 118

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
akk tae bed wi her. Afore she knelt doon in her goon on the cauld
Minnie climmed the stairs, an knelt at the side o her bed as she
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ay. She keepit this up as she knelt afront the fire until the gre
1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
an aakwardly half-knelt on page 22

1 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Knelt wae me heid in the 'head chop on page 29

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
coul fingers in hir ain. She knelt doon an leukt him in the een. on page 2
armonica frae his tap poaket, knelt doon bae the hairth an played on page 7
hir way throu the dairk. She knelt doon at the hairth an swept a on page 10
in stunned silence as Leonard knelt doon on yin knee an spreid hi on page 11
Alfie knelt anent hit an pettled the han on page 35

6 matches