Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

defend	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	7.1	9.6	3	19.9	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	23	19	2	2	0	0	0
Number of authors	20	16	2	2

Occurrences of defend 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

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
eat big bugger wi nae way tae defend itsel. Turtles need shells. P on page 1

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
wull ye defend us?' on page 171

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
rd man an wit huv ah goat tae defend masel wi? A bottle ae bucky a on page 175

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
fowk lookit tae be ready tae defend theirsels if the need arose. on page 104

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
I girded mysel tae defend it: on page 9

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an defend their ain property.' on page 69

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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
agin evry danger ye’ll defend thaim;
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Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ut aa the same A gart ma feet defend ma heid, leavin the white col
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
But faith! We maun defend oor ain,
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
kin somethin bi lettin on tae defend it - if we can twa-fit democ
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
slauchter. Wi nae cavalry tae defend them, the Scots war routed.
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
d five mortal Guairdians that defend their kintra. Whan Scotland i
l determined an nae feart tae defend his kintra. Ither sic phrases
pfully, Saltire will help tae defend Scots language as weel as the
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
bour hae monie mair saets tae defend, an muckle majorities in a gu
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
s comin an the mair ready tae defend the man the better. Thur’s

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ifter that they formed up tae defend themsels wi 8 horse on Camero

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ed for and you dinnae need to defend yourself from attacks like th(2020) search twitter

@alistairdunn tweeted
tae watch. attack as a team, defend as a team, play it on the dec(2015) search twitter

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ae pub in Temple Bar had tae defend his reasonin for chairgin € on page 8

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@72redz1903 tweeted
ouldnae contribute in how tae defend corners (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ail again their young eens to defend. on page 146

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@johnkmitchinson tweeted
k aboot Scots waeoot haean to defend hid? (2019) twitter link