A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

screived Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.2 13.9 16.6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3927 11 0 0 0 1
Number of authors14 9 4 1

Occurrences of screived in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
tae speir: mebbe I'll see it screived somewhaur." on page 10
shuid be a buik screived aboot me, sae there shuid! An on page 35
Some o the jury screived doun "important", an ithers " on page 44

9 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ttish Parliament (1993-98) an screived Scotland's Democracy Trail wi on page I
es tue ae particklar airticle screived bi Professor Anthony Hoyle on on page 14
r gey intrestin book Blossom, screived aboot hou things wark in Norr on page 29
ne o the reasons this book is screived in Scots is tae mak the simpl on page 64
oted, recordit, catalogued an screived aboot in learned volumes. The on page 66
Also on pages 87, 125
8 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
or histories hiv till noo bin screived by ithers, nae need to say wh on page 9
ry. Whit if histories werenae screived bi men? Rab Bruce's sister Ch on page 59

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ay in the sangs that are bein screived aboot whit's gaun on i the wa on page 77

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
heid nor tail o it. It was no screived in the Punjabi she spoke at h on page 37

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Whan Burns screived o Tam o Shanter ‘Croonin ow
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in the past. They are maistly screived in a language that yaised tae
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
y aboot Scots. McFarlane, wha screived an acts i this play, taks the
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
grimes_ History is inevitably screived by the winners Bill. Therefor (2022) twitter link

@johnstone_shane tweeted
. Also if ye’ve no read it A screived a buik aboot thi Scottish mus (2020) twitter link
. Also if ye’ve no read it A screived a buik aboot thi Scottish mus (2020) twitter link

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
m tae show him the wirds he'd screived oanty the coamic, and tellin on page 84

1 matches

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - My Faither's Fowk, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
fan my bleed is screived on page 37

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e pickit up a black marker an screived 'Enjoy yer 'space'' oan the l on page 21

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ee letters cheenged hauns, he screived in exasperation 'Yer naethin on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
atechisms, syne Miss McFarlan screived a heeze o sums on the boord w
the scrat o Matty's pen as he screived his Latin grammar, an the ras
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
llachs, ilkie ain wi a bittie screived aboot it
o the rocket. “Earth” wis screived aneth
ut the sums frae the board an screived up a pucklie sangs. “Johnny
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
Syne Barbour screived his poem, The Brus, a braw la
Whyle Willie Alexander screived his Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk
2 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
poets, #JamesOrr o Ballycarry screived him a bonnie elegy in the aul (2014) twitter link