A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ahint

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

husband Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26 28.4 22.5 49.7 5.8 31 17.7
Number of occurrences8456 15 5 1 3 4
Number of authors41 28 8 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of husband 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

Lang, Charles nobody remembers the birdman - Good Friday, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
e Baskin kill her disappeared husband n feed him tae her lucrative on page 88

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
here, tae take in mah future husband's performance. on page 2

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Nae husband nor hame. on page 16

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
bel Weir, ye hae gotten for a husband a guid man wha is a shinin li on page 43
ked her whit she thocht o her husband nou. She had luikt him strauc on page 61

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
I've been a husband tae ye, niver a wife, on page 55

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
s a photie ae Siobhan and her husband on her desk. Any time ahve tr on page 8

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Her husband's joab wis makkin jam on page 12

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Whit ur ye sayin?' the husband wailed. Ah'm nog lavvy pan. A on page 58

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Mrs Freud confuses her husband on page 184

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
r bit relieved himsel fer the husband o ane o his nieces wis on boa on page 34
a rare lad an wuid mak a braw husband fer Mayota. on page 78

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wi another man, cause huvin a husband is lik daein a life sentence. on page 169

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
on as if this gadgie wis her husband, even jist for a play, wis ma on page 77
l Law for Numpties. "'A legal husband," he read oot lood, "thas the on page 98
's a play, and wance he's yer husband he'll hae control o oor maw a on page 100
an tae be yer lawfully waddit husband?" on page 144
aid, "and as weel as bein her husband, I'm her legal guairdian inta on page 146
Also on pages 147
6 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ean oan a ferry and thocht ma husband wis gaun'ae cut the cord wi a on page xvi
ess and a cream cardigan. Hur husband, Jamie, hus been coaxed oot o on page 6

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, husband o Mary (aged 21) on page 14
Wha can ca him husband? on page 20
Ma husband - think - ma lord! - on page 22
ve squeezed the truth frae ma husband's hert. on page 26
Mary: Your husband? He's mistacken ana. on page 35

11 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Tae the size o apprentice tae husband's great wurk. on page 41

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an her husband on page 60

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
er the Greek god Ouranós the husband o the goddess Gaea. Nane o th
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“Whan ma husband an masell socht divortioun, s
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
han I bade wi her an her late husband Tam, tae record him for The S
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
enin dark. Ah felt bereft. Ma husband ran oot tae fetch the flag in
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
mony lang year waitin on her husband Odysseus returnin hame; an Ph
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Her and Dick (her aptly named husband) have been living aff his mit
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
s is aboot Iain Fleming, Ma's husband. I used tae drop in tae see h
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ified was Beth. She an’ her husband met through sailin’. They b
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
ital cruelty at the hauns o a husband. It is semi-anonymously signe
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
scrievin renownit exemplars o husband-wife pairins whase luve is si
™ o the wumman’s ‘Brutus [husband]’ and fur her ‘sex’ tae
ital cruelty at the hauns o a husband forby twa ither potentially S
3 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
@OllyEmanuel @traversetheatre Husband's at the fitba. I'll be at th(2019) search twitter

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
late dad-in-law did this. My husband worked away from home but his(2020) search twitter
munths tae the date since ma husband died. Crismiss wis nivvir gon(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
WAN, surely?! Ma Lithgae born husband says 'yin' @bruceleunson @His(2017) search twitter
say 'wean' but Lithgae born husband says 'bairn'!(2017) search twitter
scotlit Explains the kinks ma husband went intae when pyntin this o(2017) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
usManiac exactly n so did her husband by name - over the salmond s (2020) twitter link
cked big time wae her and her husband in name in the party! (2020) twitter link
if its anythin like when her husband in name got interviewed weer (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ma husband an masel are very inte the Vi on page 72
s from men. Do you think your husband would be interested?" on page 81

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Neither could my husband..." Tamara sniffed. "That tar on page 75

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
y way of describing what your husband is doing. It would be far,
far better if your husband said manure. Do you think he
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nd thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
United Free Kirk as weel as a husband an faither, his bairns aa gro
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hon wis the wye she'd met her husband Neil.
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
up a heatit argument with her husband.
1 matches

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
der o Louis Gaeltacht (34yrs) husband o suspect of and of Atlas Gae
rname.. the name that wis her husband and childer's name, an aa. "F
nae a common person like her husband and childer. I attempted to m
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wiz niver the same aifter her husband died.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ot a pregnant wife tellin her husband added tae oor Facey bookie pa(2014) search twitter

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
Tha duine agam (husband in Gàidhlig) eest tae bide i (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
wer-dependent on me poor owid husband, Jock. on page 7
Me husband's a man in a million on page 18
he neebors will think that me husband on page 19
"Ten weeks!" screcked Jim, me husband. "Oh, boy - this baets hid a on page 24

4 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
r gisless, handless gapus o a husband wur as unDursleyish as hid wi
1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
And aboot her husband sitting at nights making "bü

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
alter Bryden’s wife, an hir husband wis Jock
Scott, Mag’s husband dyed. Appearinlie thar wur ae
umwhile husband, wis the laird o Borth’icks
3 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the sicht o him there wi hir husband, his han on Leonard's shouler on page 6
chieve wi hir ain tongue-tied husband. on page 43
he shore." She leukt ower hir husband's shouler tae the hairth as a on page 52
as she remuived thochts o hir husband's nocturnal pastimes frae hir on page 60

4 matches

Web Analytics