A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of fingirs in Corpus

Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
en suddent, stert snappin his fingirs, thraw wide his airms, boonce on page 140

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
, wi muckle chuffie chowks an fingirs like bilt beef-links. Ein he on page 21

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
a bittie thrummle ower wi ma fingirs tae caw aff the clarts, poud on page 22

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e bar o chocolate. He run his fingirs slawly ower the tap o it, awm on page 32
Awfie slawly, Chairlie's fingirs sterted tae rive open yin wee on page 34
leather pooch gruppit in the fingirs. Unner cover o the bedclaes, on page 42
The auld man's fingirs were tremmlin somethin awfie on page 43
it ticht atween his chitterin fingirs, gawpin doon at it. It meant on page 49
Also on pages 87, 112, 147, 153, 155
11 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
heesy Fingir is tae cross yer fingirs. on page 9
s no easy mindin tae keep yer fingirs crossed every single meenit o on page 10

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
d warlockry in the nebs o oor fingirs ... on page 10
Wi his fingirs, he howked oot the contents o on page 20
ad warlockry in the nebs o ma fingirs? But ye widna on page 50

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
kansed the kervins rinnin hiz fingirs owre the rimm o the eimages. on page 42

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
peederlike haunds and ran his fingirs alang Violet's chin, starin d on page 78

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ng and whistled through their fingirs. on page 48

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
nypin awa sae thrang wi thair fingirs the Editor cuid concentrate n on page 4

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
. She took her pulse, pit her fingirs tae
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
r bunnet slaw-lik, rinnin hir fingirs throu hir hair.
A haun outstreikit wi fingirs lik cleuks an tuik the gowd p
2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
o ile and poored it ontae her fingirs. Then she dichtit her iley fi
. Then she dichtit her iley fingirs on the pig's snoot, its lugs
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Their fingirs oan the buttons,
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ootamon't. Ay...," he run is fingirs throwe fit wis left o'1s hair on page 12
ubbits' lugs in the air wi er fingirs) 'Versace'. Myn you, ye'd bi on page 35
He stappit is fingirs inte's lugs te droon oot the on page 42
kinna maet ye can aet wi yer fingirs." on page 49
zzerments?" Dottie drummed er fingirs oan the tablecloot. "Admm hmm on page 72
Also on pages 76, 77
7 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rin gold chine rin throwe her fingirs. "I canna believe ye've gid o on page 17
Te please use aa yer fingirs. on page 24
Cathy," he said, braidin his fingirs throwe mine. "Ah'll spik te y on page 44
ok fae ma hanbug an rinnin ma fingirs ower the crackit reed leather on page 45
her een hid growne dim an her fingirs hid bin twistit wi arthritis. on page 79
Also on pages 80, 89, 94
8 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, Ah s'pose at helpit keep is fingirs oot o yer waallet fir a bitti on page 9
an the biro slippin throwe is fingirs es he attemptit te pen is rep on page 42
a grip an airms at winna boo; fingirs, like twistit twigs, lie idle on page 44
like a feel es Ah waatched is fingirs flee ower the keyboord o ma n on page 50

4 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I got blisters on ma fingirs!) on page 168
ctrum, aye .... check 'is, ma fingirs ir freezin) on page 202

2 matches

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
Eence ma fingirs hiv defrostit, Ah'll mebbe...
1 matches

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Da windirs o technology, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Shetland - Yell, poetry
at Violet’s fingirs
1 matches