A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wyfe Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 10.8 6 0 0 31 0
Number of occurrences2821 4 0 0 3 0
Number of authors7 5 1 1

Occurrences of wyfe in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
roun ma ain airm. Ah hae nae wyfe, bit Ah'll tak wummen as it p on page 14

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
s ti the editar o "The Inglis-wyfe" at Scots is "bot a daialek o on page 11

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
ir blissin as mairriet man an wyfe." An thai gaed, bot Barbar tu on page 45

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
, see, a warsle for the match-wyfe on page 19

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
8. My Wyfe Makin Mane. on page 114

4 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
nd lordshipe perteignys to my wyfe of richt of heretage. Tharefo on page 19
yt the said Sir Thomas or his wyfe in sic manere. Apon the qwilk on page 20

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
wyfe an in-keper. It wes clair at
browster-wyfe wes about ti gang but, whan t
“Ti veisit the spae-wyfe,” he reponed an pyntit ti a
no kennin at the weird-wyfe wes skeilled i the erts o spr
The guid-wyfe wes maist hende an set out a
8 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
eis yappen tae "Margit" Aik's wyfe. Aye lyket Margit shi weis a on page 30
st tae cum baak, Tae a naggin wyfe on page 59
lad's will ken et fin yeev a wyfe, at disna gin ower weel we a on page 60

4 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
11. The New Wyfe: Ng Shao (6th Century)
THE NEW WYFE
An ugsum wyfe an a fashiuss byde-in
3 matches

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