Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

buird	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	17	24.8	3	0	0	41.3	0
Number of occurrences	55	49	2	0	0	4	0
Number of authors	17	15	1			1

Occurrences of buird in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
the midden neth the banketin-buird. on page 40

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A curious luikin buird, cairved frae wuid, on page 87

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ua. A fund masel daunerin fae buird tae buird throu a spell whan on page 34

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
he wuid skelp hiz haun on the buird fur wheisht aw roun; he wuid on page 5
lest skelpit his haun on the buird afoir'm in a wey at we kent t on page 7

2 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Passed by the buird, an sune we'll be linked tae on page 43

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ie broun thing, but a phoenix buird juist the same. on page 18

4 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
lins he wrocht thegither wi a buird but syne teuk ower as editor on page 69

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
As the luift is tae a buird and space is tae the sun on page 80
For buird his bield, for wabster his wa on page 81

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
he cuid get it on the service buird. Cherlie wisna muckle halp, h on page 58

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
the wheeple o the preiching buird.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
shuid be ettlin tae fetch on-buird.
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the buird agane. Scotland hes thuswyss
k cheke o the brace. A mukkil buird wes set i the mids o the
at the buird suppin brose wi a cuttie spui
3 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 63 - Stravaigin The Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Gang tae stance 1107 for tae buird the seasub Cousteau. At stanc
usteau. At stance 2215 ye can buird the starship Sagan but we’r
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
bevvy an scran. Aa across the buird nummers ar heized up.
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
r the chiels at the fit o the buird daurin ither hauflins if they
cer clampit ontae the drainin buird in the scullery. Ance the min
e sink afore slidin unner the buird an up ontae the settle at the
3 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
He leukit aroon the computer buird ... aathin trig an tidy, nae
wild sheep on a solid wuiden buird. That wad be the day’s meal
wild sheep on a solid wuiden buird. That wad be the day’s meal
roon fae the ither side o the buird an gied the sleeve o the tuni
Raggle, wad sit at a remainin buird, challengin aa comers tae gam
12 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
1897, whaur the staunin Scuil Buird gied accompt. Throu the haunl
o the new candidates for the buird, Reverend Stuart, haed made a
faured remarks anent the auld buird memmers an thay haed appearin
3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
c as the estaiblishment o the Buird anent Electoral Guidance an s
ission anent Elections an the Buird anent Electoral Guidance
nar haunled, co-airtit wi the Buird anent Electoral Guidance.
r shuid be the Convener o the Buird anent Electoral
4 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
the Bella Caledonia editorial buird. Follae him on Twitter @moh-k
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
Airts an Humanities Research Buird (AHRB).The DSL haes includit
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
tae pit maet an drink on Yer buird breid tae sounder Yer bouk wa on page 3

2 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
piece it the faimlie meltith buird, (meal table) Sandie gat
buird an hir chin i hir luif; quait
od Ferm Hoose kitchen meltith buird n’. The Bryden’s wur
buird, Kate teuk tent at Yid didna
4 matches