A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

slain Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.1 3 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences106 2 0 0 2 0
Number of authors9 5 2 2

Occurrences of slain in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e o Earlshall had attacked an slain the Reverend Richard Cameron on page 40

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Seick caulf, slain corp, Racin horse, hirplin le on page 14

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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
. There whaur the monster wis slain, a stane wis raised tae comme on page 80

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
n the windaes, the murderer's slain. on page 35

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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
at the heris o thaim that wis slain in the fechtin wad succeed ta
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Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
eice, "Aboot fower myle auf o Slain's Cassle." Noo, obviously we on page 47

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"An hae ye slain the Yammerjock? on page 22

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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
ench hopes were dashed a' but slain on page 12

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Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
end suns nae dernit ruit haes slain,
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