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Use in varieties of Scots

idle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 6.7 6 49.7 11.6 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences2713 4 5 2 1 2
Number of authors22 12 4 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of idle in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
w. Wee gowden things that set idle fowk tae dwammin. As for me, on page 47

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Thaim the maist idle at chynge are aye deaved on page 77

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nd they've somehow helped tae idle the hours awey, Been readin y on page 142

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
averse it seems tae bein laid idle - on page 13

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
gallus or the gemm, employed, idle on page 19

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'She couldnae be bone idle like Stella Marie.' on page 63
'She's bone idle, richt enough.' on page 119

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The idle fowk made veicious by wark's on page 63

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a wey o describin a vauntie, idle chiel. A can jist mind Tony G
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Gae wa to your wark wi ye, ye idle hizzies! An be sure to come i
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
catch, the lads had nae been idle, ashore an’ spiered “with
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d intae gossip an hearsay wen idle. Av mer leisure time noo, yae
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
droukit in beer. His men wis idle and unhonest, the fields wis
1 matches

Doric

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
A daunerin doo siks oot an idle crust, on page 80

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ot fowks' scones an toffee An idle chatter on page 15

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
wull kaim as yin bit thair'r idle circus fowk here whae hecht t on page 3

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
girs, like twistit twigs, lie idle in ma lap an swald feet spull on page 44

1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I heard the ebb and flow o idle chatter, on page 28

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Kirkwall Golf Coorse, wi the idle rich at play! on page 48
denly appears - "Get aff yer idle bums! on page 65

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
wan by wan, fer the plant tae idle the sleepan oors. Sheu lillil on page 45

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I heard the ebb and flow o idle chatter on page 154

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"Staand up an say 'He's idle at's spaekin'," said da Gryph on page 104

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an haes nae time fir idle spaekin. on page 49

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
averse it seems tae bein laid idle - on page 218

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n ye'll know that ma hans are idle." on page 29
place was a changin hut. Four idle waals tae proteck the dignity on page 51

2 matches

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