Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'speerit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

speerit	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	33.1	106	31
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	81.4	14	3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	117.7	36	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	47.4	4	2
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	12.8	5	4
WCE - West Central	9.2	2	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	12.6	2	2
GLA - Glasgow	5.4	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	39.3	3	1
LAL - General Central	36.1	27	9
SEA - South East (Borders)	37.4	3	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	55.6	4	3
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)	102.5	2	1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of speerit in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
er happit aboot i da mirk. Da speerit o da Göd Man gied aboot apo on page 3
Da Loard's speerit is heard in whit I say; on page 24
e gaddered me up an lifted my speerit. on page 33
ts, an be awaar o his awesome speerit. on page 41
Da Göd Man's Speerit on page 61
Also on pages 83, 17, 163, 167, 173
12 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ou ken, I truly believe at da speerit a dat aald fokk'll be watchin on page 10

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
s ain language variety fir da speerit o a fokk canna be underestima on page 9

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
is i the faimly wye bie Haily Speerit. Noo Joseph, nae verra willin on page 7
watter, e hivvens opent an e speerit o God cam doon lik a doo, an on page 9
Jesus wis led awa bi the ill speerit intill e roch cuntra tae be t on page 10
born he'Il be full o e Haily Speerit. An he'll fess mony Israelite on page 79
an." Says the angel, "E Haily Speerit'1l come on ye an e pooer o e on page 80
Also on pages 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 102, 104, 120
32 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wd', fur they thocht that the speerit o the hairst creepit in o't,
'Speerit servants that dae fit they're
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
the ithers, bit Nava wis fu o speerit – hardie an spare o flesh.
bree. They say that the first speerit tae be poored in the coggie l
2 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
his ooneeswal lichtsomeness o speerit. Fower wiks at the cintre hae on page 30

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
r ti beat doon nor fear o the speerit warld. Ah eence spent a hale
til anither dimension – the speerit leaves the corp an siks its r
2 matches

General Northern

Templeton, Sheila Tales Fae The Doric Side - La Bella Rebelle, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
wumman o a masculine speerit on page 62

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
in the lea o Tomnaverie. The speerit of coorse, is likely bidin ab on page 51

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
wis the weemen had the maist speerit, wi their furiants an their r on page 74
g an the auld near tint their speerit. I wis there, i the glaur o t on page 75

2 matches

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
Basho hissel, wi his winblawn speerit an his gangin fuit, weel, mib on page 5

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
, but I canna, no even in the Speerit . Forgie’z for sayin this, L
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
shuid be cairried oot in the speerit o European Cooperation."
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An tho lang gane it's speerit didna dee, on page 14

1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ken me. Ah’m an auld, auld speerit fae lang, lang ago. In Scotla
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Yer hert maun be lourd, yer speerit deid. on page 63

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ndit. “If she has a sperk o speerit in her, she’s beaten intae
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
the roots hae raivelt roon ma speerit on page 11

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
her strength dwined awa, her speerit departit, an she souchd nae m on page 28
ce set doun a veil o mist tae speerit awa the lave o his faithfu se on page 52
strength - baith in body an speerit. E'en sae, as the years gaed on page 73

3 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
I am the Guid Toun's speerit: for I am on page 7

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
n tairgin, will ding doon sic speerit on page 43

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Ma speerit canna thole this loss, on page 22
A speerit on the wing that bides naewey on page 26
Ma faither's speerit plays its pairt. on page 29

3 matches

Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
That runtit ma wee speerit, on page 19

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
and o the Halie Speerit on page 97

16 matches

McCallum, Andrew Lallans 73 - Ecce Homo, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
sawin seeds o e's speerit tae mak the deid rise. on page 71

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
end o his days a truly 'Free Speerit', 'the man o independent mind on page 132

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
is nae smaw drink; its potent speerit infuses the native tradeetion
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
won at this greement in thon speerit . Thay look forrit til a refer
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
k sangs an story tellers. The speerit o Hamish Henderson’s eident
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
til ma hert, quickint ma deed speerit an turnt ma life
i ir in fur the gritest Halie Speerit waukenin thit the woarld hes
Hei quickint mei wi his Halie Speerit , an thar an than hei gaed mei
3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
they'll speerit awa yer senses on page 161

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
I stravaiged sooth an met a speerit - on page 62
for yon wi the speerit tae thole it? on page 63

2 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
s @Embra1875 braw tae see sic speerit an pride in wir leid an yit a(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Is there ocht left o tha oul speerit? on page 58

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Ode Tae 2021 , (twitter 2022) Ulster - Comber, poetry
It's speerit bes vexit
1 matches