A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

swithered Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.9 4.3 0 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences98 0 0 0 0 1
Number of authors7 6 1

Occurrences of swithered in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
answert nane, the wee prince swithered awee. Syne, wi a souch, he ga on page 41
He swithered yet; syne he up an took a ste on page 91

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
intae West Bridge Street, she swithered aboot parkin at the station d on page 1

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
. . ." Matilda said, then she swithered. She wanted tae say, 'Aye ah on page 150

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Less croose than swithered bi fear, on page 18

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
the waarm spring mornin as he swithered aboot whit he wid dae. Kanga' on page 68

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Swithered bi the ploy he had ordered, on page 112

1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
hou no try’t in Scots?” A swithered: A’d never been learnt ti w
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
her Gibson had sut, whaur she swithered aboot ghaist-lik in the reces on page 1

1 matches

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