A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sweel Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 5.1 16.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2110 11 0 0 0 0
Number of authors12 4 8

Occurrences of sweel in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
he sea, and tae let the waves sweel ower her taes, but it was owe on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Anely then did oor een sweel app in wunner, on page 4
We'll sweel ye in the hap-wairms o oor la on page 94
n - ah'm awready ettling tae sweel on page 62

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d. Sit back and let the words sweel roond ye, like music.' on page 12
and her hale body seemed tae sweel up like a puddock's. 'A geniu on page 80
le body and coupon seemed tae sweel up as if somebody wis pluffin on page 137
icity gaitherin and the power sweel and jow and the heat comin in on page 168

4 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
e tae practise a sma circular sweel fae richt tae left ~ or mibbe on page 91

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
lump o sugar an gie it a guid sweel roon. Is that better? Come on on page 59

1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Tae hae a sweel o a wash on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ook an spit'. An, files, Ah'd sweel a slice o neep aneth the tap on page 88

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
gnation as he waatched Gertie sweel the suppie tay roon three tim on page 37

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
I wuss ye'd sweel your lugs out, min: I've hed on page 55

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
or o Aiberdeen, inno the roch sweel o the North Sea, he'd bin nea
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
swipe ashore frae the sea an sweel awaa their Hen-Hoose neebors.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sink wi her cup an gave it a sweel. She’d rejected the offers
1 matches

TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
Bit is's ma hame sae sweel yer lugs oot, div ye ken et h
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
nd the fairy wind whips tae a sweel, I hear a ferlie hark… it c
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
it wis time she gotten a pink sweel noo aat she is ower fifty. No(2019) search twitter

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