A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bigged Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 0.5 0 0 11.6 0 119.5
Number of occurrences301 0 0 2 0 27
Number of authors7 1 1 5

Occurrences of bigged in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
A pig wha'd bigged a hoose o STRAW? on page 41

1 matches

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
asterd. Dat'll be een dat Dad bigged!
t. Past where da dess will be bigged, laid ready wi a line o palle
2 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Papish Croatians bigged thair ain lan on page 5
Hale cairt-fu's o bales bigged heich. on page 14
New bales noo bigged up on page 15
A Haw noo bigged on thon wee heicht The' caa W on page 22
The' bigged wi apen han forbye, on page 28
Also on pages 30, 45, 69
9 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
brig atween twa kintras is no bigged yet: on page 54
an bigged heivens abin drumlins." on page 58

3 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tha licht o tha warl. A toon bigged ona hïll cannae be hïd. Ye on page 5
haim ïs laik a wise man that bigged hïs hoose on a roak. Tha rai on page 8
o tha hïll whar tha toon wus bigged, for tae throw hïm doon heid on page 76
s like. He's like a man that bigged hïs hoose, an dug deep an se on page 80
ithers kïllt thaim but youse bigged tha monuments, sae ye maun ga on page 90

9 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
hfrilan bes a ticht wee toon, bigged on a hill, at tha croon. on page 5
ies on Scrabo Hill an his men bigged Scraba Tooer, tha oul coort-h on page 7

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
p no far fae whaur Montgomery bigged his hame, sae I'd hae a daice
l decline. Belyve hooses were bigged for middle class folk wha wan
us a "peace process" that was bigged on the oul notion o twa trade
3 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
here frae afore tha hoose wus bigged, even”.
1 matches

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