A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bolted'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
boltedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41815
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bolted in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
He leppid back an bolted afore I could speer, on page 8

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
fiasco when Mrs Cook o the Ha bolted, ran intae a bollard, and hid on page 86

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Dey oppen hoidy-holls we'd bolted fast. on page 21
bolted. Bairns hoid ahint midders, s on page 68

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
puilee et guided thi rope wis bolted on tae thi side o thi Dodger, on page 51

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
First she shut an bolted the shutters on the windaes.
r windaes shuttered. Next she bolted the back and front doors, the
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
etin sound came fae him as he bolted. He couldna scream for he’d
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
He strugglet tae his feet an bolted awa. The dugs followed him an
1 matches

General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
t rose fae a clump o girse an bolted atwards it. He crept up tae t
1 matches

West Central

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
inwalker had drapped Abby and bolted doon the golf course.
1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
te! Ah threw oan ma claes and bolted doon ma sterrs an that’s wh
1 matches

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Shin, they aw’ bolted an chased efter Tam.
1 matches

Dundee

Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
mur splashed onto mah neck an bolted doon mah back. Neist, ontae m
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
fur? Nae wonder they walkers bolted. They must’ve thought ye we
1 matches

Ayrshire

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ng their guns wae thaim. Thay bolted fur aboot hauf a mile wi' th'
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
," said th King, an th Hatter bolted frae th court, withoot even w on page 113

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Fur in mae haste A bolted oot on page 46

1 matches

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