A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

runnan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 0 11.2 178.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences250 7 18 0 0 0
Number of authors9 1 8

Occurrences of runnan in Corpus

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Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ee, an aweiy," but they began runnan when they lecked, an left off on page 25
s o short charges at e stick, runnan a awful peedy way forwards ea on page 39
enly a footman in livery came runnan oot o e wood-(she considered on page 53
ice o thunder, an foulk began runnan aboot in all directions, tumb on page 79
his voice back, an, wi tears runnan doon his cheeks, he went on a on page 95
Also on pages 112
7 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
parched, hert poundan, tears runnan fae me eyes and the crowd bay on page 23

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
waant tae say anything, or be runnan intae the ospital till things on page 14
es awey, an tae keep fock fae runnan thir tractors ower the tap wh on page 20
Should yir baes be runnan free, or fae the byre led. on page 87
The hens wir runnan haerd tae meet him, wey up ac on page 96

4 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm fast runnan oot o excuses on page 18
Bit the engine wisna runnan right and the steereen wheel on page 41
Drippan noses, runnan eyes - septic cowld-sores, r on page 75

3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
an runnan the nummers again, an wipan on page 14
The swaeran taks Øyvind runnan fae the kitcheen. "Bastards! on page 54
at fer a year, but seun enogh runnan fine. Thir leader caas the da on page 130

3 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
No runnan watter in the hoose, the waal on page 35

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
parched, hert poundan, tears runnan fae me eyes an the crowd baya on page 77

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Runnan. on page 36
Cowld runnan water in a Belfast sink. on page 42

2 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Runnan tae find hidden bottles o ale on page 60
Terrifyan a peedie rabbit, runnan towards his end. on page 146

2 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
are runnan doon thi passage tae thi kitc on page 18

1 matches

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