A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of wie in Corpus

Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
inna I.Q test or somethin she wie talkin shoot cause she's alwa on page 94

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
un the chafts. It anerlie hes wie bit tuip hornes atap the heid on page 13

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
In a wie plece cryed Monastier, in a s on page 1
nn A proponed ti mak masell a wie stentie wi ma Mackintosh coit on page 3
ells, A tuik a birlin-gunn, a wie sprerit-lamp an pann, a bouet on page 5
ay o ma awaw-gaun, A wes up a wie bittie afoir eftir fyve; bi s on page 6

5 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
ik the lidd an pikit up thrie wie orrals o ware - a preist wi on page 3
wuid waatch the danssin fur a wie. Sumthin muived asyde him, an on page 4

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
orisioun. The straes tuik a wie bittie tym ti flait doun inti on page 42
rbar's chesell hed aft taen a wie bit stravaig inti curliewurli on page 44
htie aik he wes seilent fur a wie. Barbar sein the Keing wes ha on page 46

5 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Wie das Atmen eines jungen Busens on page 10

5 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Nae Tae Be Taein, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
As a nation wie nae validity, nae richts, inv on page 41

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - A Braw Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
chyavin awa peyin ma wie on page 59

1 matches

Durie, Nick A Scots Letter, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Glasgow, prose
idie haes gang roon thar mous wie Inglish dishclouts an wur pal
1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Fit wie hae we bred sic muckle fearti
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
n, wi the wair-tid redd o hiz wie hame. Firstlins wi besoms, th
rlin evin hiz dirk an hameart wie houss wi its spreit o heivenl
inlie, an he med fur the stey wie tonnel at awnsert in hiz kess
rtit, dargin eydentlie wi hiz wie luifs an mumpin til hissell,
A wie broun faiss, wi whuskers.
10 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
g afoir me, fur, tho he wes a wie lad an growed inti a smaw man
med fine flets, wi a vyow o a wie loch aw set about wi rosidand
biggit ane horrid wie houss richt afoir the maner,
foir the maner, lik a skabbie wie cok,
ongers frae Rab ti alter ti a wie offish mebbies.
42 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
she hedna as yit hed any row wie Queen, but she knew at id mic on page 80
"Lit's go on wie game," e Queen sade till Alic on page 89
they take us up an throw us, wie lobsters, oot till sea!" on page 97
de e Gryphon, "at they wid go wie lobsters till e dance. So the on page 98
"Id began wie tea," e Hatter replied. on page 108

5 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
de o winter. They’re filled wie new clythes, medication, food
ubes, meat that canna compare wie the few beasts I managed to s
I heid oot wie ma metal detector and shovel
to fummle in amongst the dirt wie ma hands. I pull up the thin
€™s summin aboot this iPhone, wie its cracked screen and batter
20 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
bit shöllie i myght maniech wie on page 12
wie dis wirds: on page 13
Du'll kum wint wie'it. on page 14
Plojied me wie de on page 16
Makk hæst wie da hærst afoar nyght's faa. on page 18
Also on pages 19, 20, 21
16 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Wie sum oda aald men, on page 27

2 matches

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
guid memories he gin us, the wie he made us a proud. I mine st on page 33
it curios but in a scientific wie, naethin prurient. There's le on page 45
spakin up for her; that hale "wie woman" thing definietely chim on page 46

3 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
An nae matter whut wie in ye lan, yell hae a stye ra on page 5
p tha road at nicht, on thair wie tae Bilfawst, wi nae lichts o on page 8
hile toonfowks gaed tha ither wie, Tae Echt Mile Brig. on page 10
Wullie, fur it wus jaist the wie he wus. He wus aye awfu guid on page 16

5 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
n' oor culture hae cum a lang wie bit we houl at oor identity h on page 4
ion - Es the wean maks hit's wie through ivry pairt o' the edu on page 6
an' Cultural Ambassadors es a wie tae heft a guid on page 10
wor' bae the wie fowk an' Ulster-Scots curns w on page 13
' o' a new plen. In the saime wie oor recommendations leuk tae on page 14
Also on pages 20, 21, 25, 43, 46, 48, 57, 59, 64, 65, 68, 70
21 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
mmin hans. An we thocht o the wie the wee nyir man hae wunthere
eetch o the lade, on its sure wie bak tae the big watter; the f
hard o richt an wrang, on wer wie we niver yit thocht whar.
turned tae puddles. Lake the wie ye’d whiles fin yin in the
d an spaltered, oanyway. (The wie thon ither thochts, sheddas y
5 matches