A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

altar Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 8.1 7.5 9.9 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2416 5 1 1 1 0
Number of authors12 7 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of altar in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
aureen set the things oan the altar. The spell was no tae influen on page 1

3 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ikit tae pray aa nicht bi the altar. Sae he pit Granflaith awa fr on page 14

3 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
e shakin when she reaches the altar. The priest raises his haun t on page 7

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Oan the altar o Mammon an progress. on page 27

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
o the dove above St Margret's altar and pray tae it fae a distanc on page xv
n wasnae picture stars or the altar ah looked at every Sunday, it on page 75
ma heid before turnin tae the altar and genuflectin. St Margaret' on page 112

4 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
nnie but sweirt bride til the altar.
an sees a gauntlet inablo the altar. He taks it doun, no kennin t
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
re I am, staunin richt at the altar, keekin up at Ye in the stain
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
air. Bit up the end where the altar wid huv been, there wis this
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
penny caunles'll brenn at Yer altar whan nicht the gangrel wi's k on page 3

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ock Dow set up the makk-shift altar fur the nicht's proceedins, a
the halflins come up tae the altar an kneel in a circle roon him
therin treetled back tae the 'altar', far the fusky bottles war o
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
gither tae their walk tae the altar. Neil hid bin lanesome, raise
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
sark, steps apae the aald wid altar an harks in Øyvind's lug. Th on page 128

1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
whan we could gaddir afore da altar, an still noo on Zoom - maes
1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
g maun bei sacrifeesed on the altar o thaim twae saicred Kye, i p
1 matches

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