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 'ferst'

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

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ferstOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.7293
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 104.9 10 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 193.8 16 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)
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 ferst 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.

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
E ferst thing was the mornin pepper. on page 76
im an said 'A'll lat ee gyang ferst.' Syne, aifter a fyowe meenit on page 78
Sae ferst the traivel pass was brocht o on page 79
re is fat the Bible caas "the ferst resurrection". The ferst fock on page 82

5 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
he wintit tae say. It was his ferst nicht at hame; an, far fae sp on page 30

3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ne. A turnt her offer doon at ferst, fleyt at Mither wadna alooâ€
haed only been the eyn o’t! Ferst ere was letters: fae her, rem
2 matches

General Northern

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
Een o the very ferst things that I learned aboot s
The ferst necht we were teen intae the
. Accordin tae ma faither the ferst click wiz the mine bein armed
3 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
nd sers mei richt; Bertie’s ferst job wis i the gairden it Chis
ae Ropelawsheil, whae wur the ferst tenants i the Howpasley
oad tae thum whan A kent thum ferst, bot sin the Forestry
he hoose; hed been throwe the ferst Woarld
ae ferst kizzen o ma maternal grandfai
16 matches

Web Analytics