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Use in varieties of Scots

corbie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.6 12.6 4.5 0 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3125 3 0 2 1 0
Number of authors17 13 1 2 1

Occurrences of corbie in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
bit aw he said wis "Whit's a corbie goat in common wae a writin-d on page 67

1 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
o the men muivin. I want the Corbie ready tae sail in hauf an hou on page 55
bluidy the blades o the Corbie's sons on page 57
ut araise frae the Sons o the Corbie, an we strained at the oars, on page 58
an jaurs o wine back tae the Corbie. A few pokes o gowd an siller on page 59

6 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The Fox and the Corbie on page 14

3 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
raggit as a corbie an jaggy as a thistle, on page 9

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
but aa he said wis, "Why is a corbie like a screivin-desk?" on page 44

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
e noo, ceptin Moses, the tame corbie, wha sleepit on a spar ahint on page 6

3 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
whit jakedaw, rook an corbie ayewes dae. on page 77

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Hicland Host moved on - like corbie craws - tae a fresh pickin T on page 34

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
an black's a corbie. on page 11

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
xcitement whan A haed skeel o Corbie's openin speech descrivin Sco on page 58

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Corbie on page 46

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Your lifespan in a corbie's craw, on page 97

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
urgh. Sae Mirren flied as the corbie
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ithert, binna Moses, the tame corbie, that sleepit on a perch ahin
tten aboot by Moses, the tame corbie. Moses, that Mr Cameron haed
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
opes cud be seen, an whiles a corbie or e’en a bird o prey wad e
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
na, he keepit fower birds. A corbie, a jackdaw, a hawk an a skrei
t focht fur his sowl agin the corbie, ay, an won the fecht, his so
hty craik the magpie tore the corbie clean in twa, an ruggit its h
3 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
aa at he said wis, "Why is a corbie laek a writin-desk?" on page 69

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
eared. Dan Noah slippit oot a corbie bit it didna come back. So he on page 7

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Thon corbie's up in Wiltondean on page 42

1 matches

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