Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

seyd	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	26.8	44.2	0	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	86	86	0	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	2	2

Occurrences of seyd in Corpus

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Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Richt,' she seyd takkin haud o the boay's shec on page 35
und. 'Noo the ither wan,' she seyd, drappin the furst egg intae on page 36
. Noo haud it oan ticht,' she seyd, draggin him back tae the tab on page 36
'Naw. Ah'm drinkin it.' Fatty seyd upendin the sasser an coupin on page 37

11 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ak the bus tae Kirkcaldy.' Ah seyd. 'Ah've hauf made up tae gan on page 26
'Braw.' Ah seyd, pittin doon hes cheynge o ch on page 27
'Aw o thaim.' she seyd tippin back her heid an lauch on page 32

22 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
in tae be a braw big lassie," seyd Morag's grannie. on page 92
inkin aboot whit the wean hid seyd. An the mair she thocht aboot on page 93

14 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
"Naw," seyd Fatty. on page 63
"It telt in thon poem," seyd Wullie. on page 64
s something else thit aye gat seyd in the war pictures. on page 65
thon airmy camp..." Auld Agg seyd, helpfu like. on page 66
"Here you lauddies," she seyd, an she lukked like she wis h on page 69

11 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ing different. Gin hes mither seyd 'Aye luk oan the bricht side' on page 16
'Noo!' Ah seyd agane as he man steggit in th on page 17
pin ... 'Aw bugger it ...' he seyd efter aboot ten wirds. He'd l on page 18

5 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
h, couthie soond. ‘Here,’ seyd Annie, takkin the fender oot
sel fir a wee while,’ Annie seyd.
up it her. ‘Aw richt,’ he seyd. ‘’s lang’s yer shair,�
hynge,’ the auld biddie’s seyd. ‘The mair thai bides the s
4 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Weemin lauched tae her ir seyd hello in the passin an Mary r
ausp. ‘Oh! C’mere,’ she seyd, raxin doon an heistin the st
‘Ye ken something,’ she seyd. ‘Ah dinnae think ye belang
‘Puir wee thing,’ she seyd, fulin the flet agane.
‘Nae mair noo,’ she seyd. ‘Mibbe efter.’
6 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
“Yoor nae cummin’!” he seyd.
“Bit you seyd?”
“Naw. Come on!” he seyd.
“Quick,” he seyd. “Quick.” An oot afore th
“Whit can you sing?” he seyd.
12 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
“Nir mines aither.” seyd Teenie.
1 matches