A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of widden in Corpus

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
weans diggin in the sand wae widden spades, a row ae lodging hoos on page 21

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
, includit a sofa wi a muckle widden humphie-back an a sma table a on page 137

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Fatty scartit the widden stuil alang the flair an haul on page 36

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
bairns howkin in the saun wi widden spades, a raw o ludginhouses, on page 20

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ey-hole. They'd even fitted a widden lip so the cut boards would s on page 1

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
stappit intae hull an widden burran, on page 31

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
turdy pownie, an mend an auld widden sled lyin ahint the Greenock on page 57

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
She sclimbs the widden steps, rigged up heich on page 93

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ir eyes fixated oan the large widden doors opposite thum. They're on page 159

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
k gairden. The well had a wee widden roof ower it and a simple win on page 181
he hale room were twa upturnt widden kists tae serve as chairs and on page 183
flair, jist coorse unpolished widden planks, and there were gaps a on page 184

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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
y Lord Derby tae get a pair o widden legs made. Howivver Toshie wi on page 43
e café itsel wis a wee bit widden hut wi twa rooms, a big ane w on page 61
er great forearms on the auld widden bar an shoved her face richt on page 102

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ie - bide thegither in a wee widden hoose on the edge o a muckle on page 4
id cannily pit it intae a wee widden boax he had, and treisure it on page 6
s whit! And aw thae curly wee widden shavins ye get fae shairpenin on page 148

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
wer this yin. He foond a lang widden spoon in a kitchen drawer and on page 32
intae the mixter wi the lang widden spoon. Jings-bings! It wis aw on page 35
d the mixter wi the same lang widden spoon he had used afore. 'It' on page 80

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In the damp daurk widden rot o winter's breith. on page 57
Even the widden wans. on page 63
And widden thrupenny bits oot yer cut do on page 79

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
where it crossed, there wis a widden brig, near as braid as a road on page 85

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
. 'It's widd" he whispered. "'Widden boards!' on page 39
ere hunkerin in ablow anither widden flair. on page 50

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ipple cores that sat on a wee widden table. Klaus tried no tae gre on page 23
ther wis sleepin on the haird widden flair, but the bed's mattress on page 28
le, comfy-lookin chairs and a widden table wi lamps hingin ower th on page 38
. Sunny dundert on a pot wi a widden spoon, singin a wee sang she on page 44
and scartit intae the mankie widden flairs. There wis een scribbl on page 125

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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Widden stakes they wir nae use, on page 3

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
The S.S. Discovery, yon widden thing wi roostit nails, on page 60

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
yed it aw. The fower new, wee widden crosses in the green nearby w on page 78

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
s sittin at ae end o the lang widden ferm table, pen in haun, an a on page 17

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Juist leuk at thon draiglety widden puppies, on page 39

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
e hauf-licht ahint a series o widden supports an doun a stair that on page 9

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e took his trusty chib, a big widden club he aye cairried wi him, on page 8
wi the widden club and stertit a fecht thar on page 10
s reached oot and grabbed his widden chib fae him. Hercules dodged on page 56

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
syne he was nailed tae a widden cross. on page 97

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
kerin soond, like that o thae widden
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
. Keekin ower the twa fit hie widden lorry cheek, hes een blintere
o the airn snecks haudin the widden cheek upricht.
n him oot the wey, he lat the widden cairt side drap wi a stotteri
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Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
. They a hid wire hanles wi a widden pirn like bit in the middle f
bile watter. She hid a muckle widden tub an a corrugated washin bo
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
haur her faither’d pit up a widden shed tae keep hes gairdenin g
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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
A widden cuddy o the apocalypse!
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“A cairna gif ye hae a widden laig, its ower the brig ti Ai
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
the edge o a 1,400 year-auld widden plough fur tae bield it fae b
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Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
e is foo o toys wi a cosy wee widden hoose
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Fleemin, Sandy Nine Fragments - III, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
heystit the lid aff this lang widden box, an got in, lyin hersel d
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
dinkie chaumer wi the pentit widden fluir; an in the beds wi stai
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
fae me an placin it in a wee widden box he pulls oot fae a sidebo
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
k stiff an sore fae the hard, widden bench that passes fur a bed a
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oo.’ he sais, pointin tae a widden stile at the side ay the road
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ugh, so ah boot fuck oot ay a widden pallet that’s been used as
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ow awa and dismantled it, the widden bits were burned and metal se
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ice ower tae yin o a nummer o widden kists that sut agin a waa. Th
ayed Raggle. He haundit her a widden sword an shawed her foo tae w
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
stair Hobnail’t bits oan a widden flair They set aboot ma neebo
stair Big tackety bits oan a widden flair They set aboot ma neebu
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Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
howk it oot; it’s his auld widden skweel recorder,
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Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
rid or black pent left on its widden haunle, but –
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ly strapped and confide tae a widden chair. Soft groans come fae h
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@fairpechtoot tweeted
go, Peter - aw ye need is a widden spoon! ;-) Scots has aye been(2016) search twitter

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
wun ower tae his wee ricklie widden sheck, biggit no faur fae the on page 99
sittin ower lang on the haurd widden sates. In the hinnerend the e on page 100

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ye cud bore an erse-hole in a widden horse!" on page 37
carbolic soep tn se han an a widden fleer brush in the ither, be on page 66
he aisle. He slippit inte the widden seat an sut imsel doon oan th on page 74
far the coffin steed oan its widden trestle, "ivver teen muckle n on page 75
e grave wis happit up wi lang widden boords, the wreath o fite lil on page 77
Also on pages 87, 88
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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an liftin the lid on the aul widden kist aat's stannin against th on page 79
appeart stannin ower the aul widden waash tub, scrubbin it collar on page 90

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
very neibourhuid maks a grand widden display that is then burnt do on page 4
he 39 fit high 'Broken Chair' widden sculpture, intendit tae serve on page 5
ire, ye can sit ootside o wee widden cafés an restaurants an jist on page 17

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a heat haze hoverin abeen the widden fleerboords. on page 41

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tortured, / And nailed tae a widden cross? / When winter comes ho
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McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
A widden box for keepin stuff for poli
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
a ower biggins in Britain, an widden ernes staunin inbye the biggi
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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
the kids’ club, beyond the widden deck and white railin.
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ma lobby. I land hard on the widden fleer.
ey-blue een and stares at the widden table.
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
birsen. He faa’s tee agin e widden door, faachs his broo on e li
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
kit wi aa the fancy varnished widden panels polished like glaiss.
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
backed ontae it. There wiz a widden fence on tap o the dyke becau
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
a bit o’t. Fur noo, fin the widden birdie shot oot ilkie oor, it
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
Cadgin widden tea chests fae yer chums
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
nyone please help wi donating widden pallets tae Gray’s Skail i' (2017) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
good bang at the side o’yon widden box & aboot 3 packets fell oo(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
The widden worm sails trou the Hoose's w on page 59

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Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
waveen a widden waalkeen stick aboot on page 5

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
wae a custom-made widden cover, doublan on page 14
tae slideen widden doors on page 18

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a rag doll an a widden boat thir only toys. on page 117

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A widden hoose, hids awid black boards on page 47

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
School, wir own widden desk wi built in saet on page 42

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Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Cream widden cot, safe for nights dreams on page 29

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Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
o a widden chair-frame wi a silver needl on page 18

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ide a dark piece o grund wi a widden cross ipon it, an greetin as on page 29
o we used ta drag fish boxes (widden anes danadays) up on ta him f on page 54
pitten up a muckle twa storey widden ane, an da aald beeldins gude on page 62

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Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
o dem sat trimmlin inside da widden hoose. Afore lang, dey heard
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Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
wis bön biggit ower a muckle widden box.
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De Luca, Christine Love in a Caald Climate, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Hit wisna his widden palin
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Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
lso far too busy lookin at da widden rippek maa da Trow haed geen
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Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
da boannie archwye an cerved widden sign o “Michaelswood” lif
Da Bird Hide wis a boannie widden shed wi a muckle window. Insi
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