A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

silken Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.9 2.7 3.2 0 0 21.9 0
Number of occurrences95 2 0 0 2 0
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of silken in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Katherine Logan, buskit wi a silken goun she haed shaped an shewn on page 16

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
He hears a silken silence faa: Yon throne can f on page 8

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Intae a special silken cloot, on page 114

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
like leddies in silken goons on page 31

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
haundlin or ploy hings on the silken threid o the ootcome o a Goog
1 matches

Doric

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
aw ski thir lairnin legs doon silken slope. on page 80

1 matches

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?? ..... fir frein’ship is a silken threid, it binds a’ frein’s(2021) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Day eftir day ma silken gouns growes lowss.
wes lyke sae monie silken threids.
2 matches

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