Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

servant	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	20.9	15.4	37.7	9.9	46.5	20.7	4.4
Number of occurrences	67	30	25	1	8	2	1
Number of authors	27	16	5	1	2	2	1

Occurrences of servant 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

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ard, a fine Christian, a guid servant o the Lord, an a stalwart o t on page 25
enter into this thy faithful servant, and impairt in him the certa on page 29
ul Lord, first grant unto thy servant Isabel Weir, the blessed joys on page 43
likely a tenant fermer than a servant. Jennet judged he wad be abou on page 68

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ure tae be apolitical ye're a servant o the Estaiblishment, whither on page 75

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s a guid Christian an a loyal servant tae me an the Kirk.' on page 110

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah whispert in ma servant's lug, a cauld sweit rinnin d on page 123

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
The ferm servant smiled tae himsel... the auld on page 17

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
had tae bou his heid and be a servant. on page 5

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
d ilka string wis haudit by a servant. on page 101

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Lat yer mien glaim on yer servant, on page 97

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
keep frequently cawin on the servant lad or lass for a clean plate
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
k in anaw, wi owersettins o A Servant o Twa Maisters by Victor Cari
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The servant lassies, trig an braw,
1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
rica, English, if onythin, is servant tae the ither leids, raither
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ière wrote the note "It is a servant who is speaking", efter a spe
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
buffed by the low-level civil servant he’s been assigned tae oan
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
sies. Daedalus had mairried a servant lass an had a son, cried Icar
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
shepherd an ploughman lads an servant lassies wis aw there. The gui
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
Dante, your servant Cecco, an your fiere,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Though Christ’s selfless servant bore martyrdom’s pains,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ndit rung a bell, an his auld servant, Malik, the only yin that he
ependent o the hoose, a kinna servant, in a wey. Bit athoot ever ta
wisna shair whedder she wis a servant. But, o coorse, she wasna on
wheen eildit fowk in thir yin-servant apartments. Mony o thaim had
ally occupied by your Tibetan servant, isn’t it? Where is she, if
7 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
heid o a faithfu meenister an servant o Christ whae shall lose the

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
n. His ain faither, 'faithful servant o the Lord' in the parish o B on page 30

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Rest in peace, faithful servant," said the meenister, claspin on page 77
hicher grun. A typical fairm-servant, he gaed throwe life expeckin on page 89

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
in's possible." "A'm e Lord's servant," said Mary, "micht it come a on page 80
ty saviour, fae e hoose o his servant Daavit. on page 81
ye've deen yer bit an noo yer servant mith depairt in peace. Cause on page 82
ons in gweed beuk? Blist is e servant att e maister fins at his war on page 103
ow invites an he sent oot his servant at suppertime tae tell them a on page 106
Also on pages 113, 118
14 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - David, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, poetry
Heiven, yer servant's at the yett on page 13

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
makk the maist o them. Bit ae servant beeriet his talent in the gru
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ns hoping it wid be the bonny servant deemy that wid answer the bac
et because this wiz the bonny servant lassie he’d hoped tae see f
n the East India company. The servant lassie hid died in the asylum
at Daavid again the bonny wee servant lassie wiz at his side an Mar
4 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r coat. “I'll put it in the servant's cupboard for just now.”
her tae fit wiz called the “Servant's Common Room”. Fae a cupbo
2 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
A young servant man on a ferm in the west, on page 69

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ta say - spaek Loard, fir dy servant is listenin.' Da voice did sp on page 21
ot at dis, so he said tae his servant, 'We'll firgit yon lot. Geng on page 120
tell you, he cam ta wis lik a servant an lik a biddable sowl he too on page 167

3 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
wid fit. An up da laetest da servant wan ta Backaboot. An da twa t on page 35

5 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A faithful servant throughoot the years on page 34

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Matt’s, Isa Nichol, wis the servant-lass wi the
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ckwartness atween mistress an servant. on page 46

1 matches