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 ahint

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

belle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 3 18 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences196 12 0 1 0 0
Number of authors10 6 3 1

Occurrences of belle 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.

Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
croonin voice says 'hush noo Belle', on page 8

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
But yir thi belle o thi ball on page 70

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
nnie Robertson, Willie Scott, Belle Stewart and Jimmy McBeath bec on page 56

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
e Reine Ecossaise est la plus belle enfante!’
1 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
de Fleurs, sur la plus belle place du monde in Brussels.
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
that she blossomed intae the belle o Kilmarnock society, an made
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Bullied, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Sadie an Georgie, John an Belle on page 55

1 matches

Templeton, Sheila Tales Fae The Doric Side - La Bella Rebelle, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
that Chairlie caad ye his belle rebelle on page 62

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
k The doctor looked up an saw Belle He remarked "it's nae aften w on page 15

8 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'Rise an teem the pail, Belle,
Rise an teem the pail, Belle,
2 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
a barrier tae beach fun with Belle :-) https://t.co/pQjzoAZIba(2017) search twitter