A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

skald Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 31.9 0 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences6362 0 0 1 0 0
Number of authors3 2 1

Occurrences of skald in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Syne Gisli, the wad-be skald, brak the silence: on page 56
per victory deserves a proper skald.' on page 57

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
e haar, lik a wraith-waulker. Skald the Ferryman wadin oot o the on page 9
He culdna be mistuik, Skald, wi his hoarie heid an gammie on page 10
in a chaumer ayont. Aftimes, Skald bidit thir an aa. on page 11
'Cum ben, cum ben, Skald, an yi tae, laddie.' on page 12
'Weill, Skald, yin wey nor tither, yi hae g on page 14

60 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
e an paet-bank; rap artist an skald. on page 19

1 matches

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