A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

The word 'breenge'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
breengeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72919
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 9
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 111.6 8 2
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 breenge 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.

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
a crocodile's could thole the breenge fur meat up onno the birsslin
e patient's thrapple… wi ae breenge, the nurse wis aside her. The
2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Ally A teacher at scweel says breenge is how his wife describes his (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
r oot the fireplace an made a breenge at Chairlie. on page 91

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
wis gaan tae kill him, made a breenge at him – an fit did he nae
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
lties jist got smoored in the breenge Ah hud for it aw.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
an maks it easy for fowk tae breenge thair wey throu thair content
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d. He seemed in nae haste tae breenge in and be a hero. His face ha on page 39

1 matches

Glasgow

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
If ye can get in the breenge fur a can. on page 29

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e, the puppy-dug made anither breenge at the stick an tummlt tapsal on page 40

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'A'll breenge aheid tae the tap o yon saund on page 59

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
lanet. Kat wis jist aboot tae breenge throu the door, whan Doug sta on page 5

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
id Geordie, 'hoo I'd love tae breenge in and splairge it aw ower au on page 29

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
cker faimly, amang them Henry Breenge, set aff at yince tae the Hun on page 70
ae itsel, "'Dinna fash, dinna breenge. We'll get there some day.' B on page 85

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
usiness. Naw, Ah mean fur tae breenge forrit wi ane o the warst exe on page 4

1 matches

Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
"Ya breenge in boggles clothin on page 19

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
cks fae aff-warld that maks a breenge at it will thraw up craters t
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
a lane. An in amang the email breenge, the’r a new type stertin t
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
et aboot the ithers that will breenge aff bit wi naewye(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
BREENGE on page 10
auf-loup, knees no skinnt fae breenge an clash an coup. on page 77

4 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Breenge, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central, poetry
wsand need for a never-ending breenge,
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
y bus poems for a wee virtual breenge. Climb aboard and don't get #(2020)
rBooks Aye, when we gan fir a breenge, we gan fir a brek awa fae it(2020)
rd2 Gled tae hae contributit 'breenge' inby this braw buik ??(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
in guid caule watter Breenge bak up tha trd for a bide-a-w on page 30

1 matches

Web Analytics