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Use in varieties of Scots

cursed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.3 10.1 19.5 39.7 0 0 26.6
Number of occurrences4320 13 4 0 0 6
Number of authors27 15 6 3 3

Occurrences of cursed 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

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
He cursed, he whined, fu weel he bitchi on page 10

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
sweated and cursed on page 129

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
it's aa bin cursed, the bubble's burst. on page 108

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thi side that's cursed on page 70

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
mself up, covert in clart, he cursed a bit an headit for the far c on page 68
Wi that cursed sang aboot new year on page 115

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
agic draft that turns intae a cursed creautor, a reiver o mages, s on page ix
ynd noo, this Kenneth wis yet cursed wi the Twa Sichts on page 33

2 matches

Briggs, Susi Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
I heard she cursed auld Jock McKirk on page 4

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Clarinda, cursed in auld Miss Weir's bleck fam on page 7
Here we cursed in hairst oor simmer's luve. on page 75

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary: Cursed is the nicht he played for me on page 20
Lennox: This grun is cursed! on page 35

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Here we cursed in hairst oor simmer's luve. on page 58

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
und blattered throu me, and I cursed my weird, on page 24

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
led, bluid struled Sutherland cursed tae hae | sic reid hauns. Hin on page 59

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
That A am cursed wi writer's block.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
Nane wud hae it so he cursed them an turned his back on th

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - MacCaig’s draucht oan the waa, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Cursed bi the bland smile o time,
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brazier sometimes if you are cursed with muckle bustage ...(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
pperknob picked hissel up, an cursed. He cursed the loons, he curs on page 30

4 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
He cursed an he swore as the paper it t on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
thin suit jaicket roon im an cursed imsel fir nae buyin a decent on page 74

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
is guts. "Fir God's sake!" he cursed as he tried te dry himsel wi on page 11

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
erent kettle o fish. Roch Meg cursed an swore as the settee stuck
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
didna wint tae flit, an they cursed the warlock fa gart them shif
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
cht o lan, fur yon demons hid cursed her weel an true."
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tellt her if the person that cursed her came tae the door an coul
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ird’s son and the factor an cursed them foriver-and-a-day. She k
er be found. At each cast she cursed the three names and said “T
2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
'Wir Polly' screcked and cursed him - he wis too far gone ta on page 56
Willies raised their eyes and cursed the poor lad tae the skies Bi on page 77

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
dan i'the varse, but sheu wis cursed wi the wrang kinno faimly on on page 90

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Run oot o the toon, cursed and chased on page 22

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ination was lot loose in this cursed hoose wi its cursed, coul ech on page 30

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
They say that she's cursed, an her tongue is aa scrunted on page 12
Til A buck tha cursed things oot. on page 22

2 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
I luk fae here on cursed soil, on page 32
Thon cursed goat can noo be loost. on page 48

2 matches

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