A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

noble Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 12.8 0 29.8 5.8 21.9 0
Number of occurrences3024 0 3 1 2 0
Number of authors21 18 1 1 1

Occurrences of noble in Corpus

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Central

Scott, Hamish Lallans 82 - Edinburgh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
o noble thocht, raison an sense on page 57

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
housans o Scots folk - baith noble an commoner - fechtin for th on page 51
God's chosen meenisters, the noble Richard Cameron, an aicht o h on page 52
nor Buccleuch nor their ither noble neibours - for they've aa ay on page 61

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
you'll see Kim Jong Un git a noble peace prize fur his humanitar on page 152

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ane o them that our Bard, the noble Rabbie, wuid hae cried ane o on page 33

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The noble heid, pykt atour London Bridg on page 128

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Strang seams o noble thocht like swirlin elements on page 15

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
uis Stevenson hailed it as a 'noble and malleable tongue'. There on page 8

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
And syne Wee Grumphie did a Noble Thing, and he did it in a kin on page 150

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary: Freends, ma noble freends, ma sisters... on page 18
Oor noble, royal brither. on page 35

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ed the muckle collar ower the noble heid o as bonny a Clydesdale on page 17

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
are sons o a noble breed, on page 32
noble men wha fell preservin leeber on page 58

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
nment an its bureaucracy, are noble anes; bit, as Fishman pints o on page 56

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
pin oan aboot freedom? Whit a noble thing it wis. Hou life wisnae on page 16

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e ferr-kent Inglisman, Hobbie Noble.
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
e urban and rural prospects o noble Scotia micht heeze tae a cons
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ice is lost - may she have a noble rebirth - but there is that
auld man’s haun. “It is a noble deed,” he assuret him.
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ooncil or Secret Cooncil an a noble or baron that wis electit a P
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Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
haim as the ‘ither’ or ‘noble savage’, an no seein thaim
1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
In douce Dumfries oor noble Bard sits fine an dandie,
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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
cream o the crop. Serve this noble baest wae clapshot, mince and
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Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
o Emilia Romagna, a heraldic, noble baest released intae its natu
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
use you’re too – weel – noble tae use them.’
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
a noble niff o rötin paddock-stöl, on page 112

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
fur the estate workers. Scot-Noble wis the Laird an Mr an Mrs Sc
the Laird an Mr an Mrs Scott-Noble bade i the big hoose. A kent
2 matches

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