Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

feth	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	15	2.6	0	9.9	215.1	41.3	4.4
Number of occurrences	48	5	0	1	37	4	1
Number of authors	9	2		1	5	1	1

Occurrences of feth 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

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
, bot A winna tyne ma faimlie feth." The Kildie luikit at Barbar on page 43

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
smours the brawness an bricht feth o thae on page 30

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
mukkil feth aither, bot didna wiss ti sch
Roddenberrie, tho Mirren’s feth i
icht. Ebenezer didna hae onie feth i
3 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
bad feth's bleateen hert best on page 35

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
up apo da röf o da haal: in feth, shö wis a grain mair as nin on page 17
wis kent dem aa her life. An feth, shö traepit for a braa star on page 25
s you Saa her efter da birds! Feth, shö wid aet a peerie bird a on page 31
"Diggin for aipples, in feth!" said da Rabbit, in a tirse. on page 37
no gyaain! Geng du! - No I, feth! - Hit'll be Bill at gengs - on page 38
Also on pages 75, 78, 95, 97, 120, 123
11 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Abraham's Feth on page 9
care o you? You man hae mair feth. on page 95
adderin gear - hit wis aboot feth an love. Whan you tink o hit on page 106
ermined dey wir, Jesus saa da feth dey hed. He lookit at da pör on page 109
a be in a trachle. If you hae feth i da Göd Man, hae feth in me on page 141
Also on pages 155, 158, 166, 171
17 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
oys an brukk strewn everywye. Feth dee an me didna hae sae muckl on page 27

1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
nkit an peched an took on, an feth hit wisna lang afore he hed a
"No I feth!" said da second peerie grice
"No I feth!" said da third peerie grice.
3 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
et willows in da Voar o 2007. Feth, dey’ve fairly grippit in o
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Feth, surely no …” said Gutter
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Feth,” said Meenie. “Naebody h
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
variety o flavours tae sook. Feth, you might even fin a peerie
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
s a weight daddin in my head. Feth, A’m even spewed! Can du gi
1 matches

Southern

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
This is the feth wi whilk I gang back til the
Wi this feth we wull be yable tae kerve oo
Wi this feth we wull be yable tae transmug
Wi this feth we wull be yable tae tyauve t
4 matches

Ulster

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
le thie o thaim bides oan — feth, howp an luive; bot still an
1 matches