Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

rairin	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	7.4	8.5	3	0	0	20.7	13.3
Number of occurrences	24	17	2	0	0	2	3
Number of authors	15	9	2			2	2

Occurrences of rairin in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
outbye, anither indwaller wis rairin an greitin in a rane: 'I want on page 31

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Quate, mun. Stop rairin like a muckle Jessie.' on page 35

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
stove intit?? The Primus wis rairin awa wi a powertfu blue flame on page 183

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ed in the chorus o frichtened rairin and greetin. 'He's gyte!' the on page 96

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
b sae loud at ye micht cry it rairin, an glowerit ma puir faither on page 6

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
ictor's bleeze, the roup, the rairin flames, on page 29
O onward-rairin caurs. on page 40

2 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
radge i the wind, ay, rairin out ma sang on page 25

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
igled drawers. Stoarmed it bi rairin cannons an flytin hoosewives. on page 63
The twa o thaim aw the while rairin, squallochin an cursin tae th on page 67
e tink..." thai cuid hear him rairin. on page 68

4 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
our', an perrs o verbs, like 'rairin an haggin'. His skeills as an on page 135

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
wuid waarm wir dowps afoir a rairin fyre o clogs,
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
he door while hes Dad wis aye rairin oan aboot royalty haein explo
t, whit if the Store wis fu o rairin weemin aw braunishin thon scr
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
the devolution era, they cam rairin back yesterday wi a series o
1 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Aat's a rairin bul on page 63

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
psnairin' is somethin atweesh rairin an feeplin, wi a kinna sneeze on page 85

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
But whan Ah see ither men aye rairin fou,
1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
le glen turnt tae a whammlin, rairin river fur days on end, creepi
1 matches

Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
eengin haes kythed 'at weans' rairin an offer taks tha guid o twa- on page 9

1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
tae tha mither or faither fur rairin new-boarn babbies
if yer aff seek, aff wark fur rairin a newboarn babbie, oan hoalid
2 matches