A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'giftie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
giftieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.584
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of giftie in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“I wis bocht this Yule as a giftie fur a wee loon bi his granny.
“Here’s a wee giftie fur ye,” quo he. An he furl
Geordie Bruce, “Here’s a giftie frae me.”
et an ran oot tae gie her HIS giftie, the reid junk-jangle. Efter
, “Mrs Scott’s richt. Yon giftie is a bobbydazzler.”
5 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
re's nae doubt she had a rare giftie fur bein luved by every bairn on page 60

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
efter the tour, as a special giftie, aw o them will be gien enoug on page 23

1 matches

General Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
w wave of confidence - “the giftie gie us tae see oorsels” - m(2020)