A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ox Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8 6.6 0 0 0 0 57.5
Number of occurrences2613 0 0 0 0 13
Number of authors9 8 1

Occurrences of ox in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Noo an Ox cam by eftir his hard day's t on page 9

4 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
reen as ah'm cabbage lookin. 'ox, Third Year, are you ready to on page 7

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
When th' ox can talk on page 35

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
a peirie sojer, an a draucht-ox. Pittin the thriesum in a try on page 3

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
-faced like Mars in ane o his ox bluid rages, on page 123

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
I aye thocht that gowans wis ox eye daisies, but I coud hae b
an is yaised tae indicate the ox-eye daisy, and, whan no prefi
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
paircel o tripe. Aiblins, an ox tongue or a sheep’s heid. S
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
He picturet the beasts: deer, ox, horse. He saw wi pleisure Be
He picturet the beasts: deer, ox, horse. He saw wi pleisure Be
2 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
The oul wumman met an Ox. Shae sed, “Ox, ox, drenk t
. Shae sed, “Ox, ox, drenk the watter. The watter
ae get hame the nicht.’ The ox sed, “A’ll naw bae drinki
“Butcher, butcher, kill the ox. The ox’ll naw drenk the wa
. The ox’ll naw drenk the watter.
12 matches

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