A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'spears'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spearsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72818
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central 139.1 3 2
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 31.4 5 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 spears in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
aintings, sculptures, swords, spears and shields lined the waas. S
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alastair Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Win, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
O spears. Win blaws owre the ribs o sa on page 90

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I' een an Only Bobby Spears on page 127

1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
lunket o e' Grun - Billie jo Spears #changeasongtitletidoric(2019)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
and its tusks were as lang as spears. Hercules kent he wid hae nae on page 19

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ie circles o chiels haudin up spears, wi his cavalry aff on the fl
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
o the glen the chiels wi the spears wad hunker doun in cover an w
1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Whaur spears an arrows are sae thrang,
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
er men had thocht tae pick up spears as they cam rinnin an these t on page 80

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s. Mornin Sunshine made three spears. He pit up three fingers. Cai
p three fingers. Cairryin his spears, he gaed ower the muntains, a
the edge o the wid. The three spears creepit ontae the faur left o
t an draw close tae the three spears. Than he made barkin noises.
rnt an faced thaim. The three spears facin the dug’s heid. Raggl
5 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
A reid hime rings. Shields an spears a-dundert on page 38

1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
They scrammbled aboot tae get spears an shields tae haund, but we on page 58

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
sun slingin its spears, hail hurlin its flanes, on page 35

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
avin shed, an windit a loom o spears wi bluidy entrails. An whiles on page 14

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
r. There's a photie o Britney Spears encouragin folk tae read behi on page 39

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ian author an airtist Heather Spears' novel The Flourish. This tru on page 59

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Land o Fallen Empires, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
intil thi mud, rush agin thay spears, on page 76

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
res, crescents, ceelinders an spears – that flittit aboot, an fo
ppon in shape, like swords or spears. Anither weel kent report fae
2 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ntains, the clatter o Pictish spears agin Roman shields. Aiberdeen
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
bi Britney Spears, Coontess o Fife, on page 84

1 matches

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