A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of seeven in Corpus

Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
seeven young men fae soothwest villa on page 7

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Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
Chapter Seeven on page 63

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
tae tak a step or seeven on page 32

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
aces frae his tenement entry: seeven-hunner an thirty exact. He so on page 135

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
hree an twa mak five. Five an seeven mak twal. Twal an three mak f on page 45
under an twenty-twa thoosand, seeven hunder an thirty-ane. I am fa on page 47
in, mind, the African kings), seeven thoosand geographers, nine hu on page 58
wk? I doutna there are sax or seeven o them in aw. I saw them, twa on page 62

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
air, ma airgument gaed, o the seeven wirds in the phrase, 'the ver on page 34

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
Sugarollie Ben it wis Sunday seeven days a week, clover wis in se on page 6

5 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
in the fower or seeven days they're here. on page 45

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Snaw-White and the Seeven Dwarfs on page 21
As maid tae seeven tottie men on page 24
The Seeven Dwarts were no sae wice - on page 26

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
teen pund and ah sellt it fur seeven hunner and sixty. Got it?' on page 45
times four hunner and eichty-seeven? Can ye tell me that?' on page 65
ed and it wig the hoose o the Seeven Dwarfs and the Three Bears an on page 180
said. 'Answer this. Ah've got seeven aipples, seeven oranges and s on page 211

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
6,000 square mile, containin seeven diffrent oil-fields were shif on page 24
ateer onsite, 24 hoors a day, seeven days a week, in thae heady ea on page 103

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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
d lang life an be faither tae seeven mair bairns. It was a story t on page 43
hro the toun an by the back o seeven a big crowd had gaithert in t on page 126
o Australia, anither ane fer seeven year an the last ane got aff on page 128

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ven a quarter o the scran for seeven folk. Breakfast wis noo a sin on page 46

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Twa pound fifty-seeven (an nae cash back). on page 59
We'd seeven or eicht Pits round about her on page 76
When we won the Cup in fifty-seeven. on page 82
o the seeven seas, aa o thaim endurin a li on page 105

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
aboot nine times a hunner and seeven?" And efter we had done that on page vii
orest, there wis a hunner and seeven coos on a yett. . ." Naw, ye on page viii
h gaun a lang dauner at aboot seeven o'clock o the mornin, and syn on page 45
"There's seeven verses intil it.' on page 143

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'And I hae thirty-seeven,' Beek said. "Chat maks a hun on page 33

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ormance. When we get there at seeven o'clock, I want denner for te on page 30
e rang. "Poe here," he said. "Seeven. Seeven. Seeven. Seeven. Six on page 64
Chaipter Seeven on page 83

7 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
There'll be seeven wee laddies dreepin aff a waw on page 15

3 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Seeven, echt, on page 34

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
the seeven keys o Prague on page 40

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
ter, haulin in a fine catch o seeven young men fae soothwest villa on page 69

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
icht, when Hercules wis aboot seeven month auld, Hera pit twa lang on page 1
Trauchle Seeven on page 30
low the tree lay a draigon wi seeven radge-lookin heids, aw o them on page 46
Hercules focht the seeven-heidit draigon for a week. Wh on page 47

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
s aboot it. Awthegither the'r seeven heid groups o rings an ilka g
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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Gentlemen of the road, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
an seeven schuilboays piped up:
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
tae be seeven year auld, or ten, or sixteen
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
coontin for mebbe sax in ilka seeven no-Catholics. As wi Ulster Sc
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
‘Seeven muins!’ exclaimed Kat. ‘W
. At nicht, Planet Fankle’s seeven muins were reflectit in them
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The seeven poems in Winter Song is aw wr
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
“Ay, an faimlies wi six an seeven bairns...” Tae hes Dad.
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
twa, three, fower, fev, six, seeven, echt, nine, ten, eleeven, tw(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
Check oot oor 'Seeven Uses fir numbers in Scots' te (2017) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ua Anthony Joshua. Ah'm fifty seeven. Ah'm 5 fit 5 . Ah'm aboot el(2020) search twitter
er seen the likes in ma fifty seeven years oan the planet. Ah than(2021) search twitter
@lopingted2 Seeven ??(2021) search twitter

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
hter if he wrocht tae him fir seeven years. Bit seeven years later on page 12

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
newspapers nooadays. He hedd seeven bairns, fower lasses an tree on page 1
suddenly whin shü wis seeven. Chloe is nivver spokken aboo on page 10
just da day eftir shü flit, seeven weeks ago, dumpit at da side on page 28
. We sat laek dat till atween seeven an eight. on page 52
etched on my hert fur da last seeven on page 57
Also on pages 76
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De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Seeven heevens o a Hoy moarnin on page 27

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
7 seeven on page 66

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an tha Myrtle, an aa seeven fishermen aboard on page 88

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
e dee at da track da moarn at seeven, bit dunna lippen an aesy ses
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Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
do onything for his wife and seeven bairns. We wir aa born and br
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