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 ablow

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

Use in varieties of Scots

sailin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 13.9 3 0 46.5 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3827 2 0 8 1 0
Number of authors22 15 2 4 1

Occurrences of sailin 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
some ither lads, wur arrested sailin a barge doon the canal.' on page 1

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ments o sailin ~ wund, tide an sternlicht - on page 14

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
It wisnae aw plen sailin. There were times whan the Vi on page 108

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
nin an went up the Law. There sailin up the river wis the missin b on page 34

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Sailin oan Simba frae Nelson Bay, on page 16

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
I Saw A Boatie Sailin on page 32

3 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
boun up wi the sea, they sang sailin sangs that spak o storms an i on page 62

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
O meesionaries sailin sooth frae on page 13
The Darien Fleet sailin the day on page 48

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
ovelist, Rabindranath Tagore (sailin seems ti be a gey popular met on page 7

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
chance tae see a braw sleigh sailin by,
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
It flauchtered doon insteid, sailin like priceless silk loosed in
1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
th engineers wi the Ben Line, sailin ti Hong Kong, Canton, Shangha
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Though 4 of us were qualified Sailin’ instructors an’ Senior I
an’ her husband met through sailin’. They bought a house in th
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
in’ A used tae hear English Sailin’ Instructors tellin’ kids
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
n’ Nordic), Snowboardin’, Sailin’, Windsurfin’, Kayakin’
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Owerlookin’ the boats sailin” in the regatta Mibbe sumwh
ur's sum in ma airm-pit Plain Sailin’ It wisnae ma furst tum oan
Meant it wisnae a’ plain sailin’ Sin’ thon couple couldna
3 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
ots, maistlins in verse, but, sailin in a sea o English, the feck
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e say the midfield maestro is sailin close tae the wind oan that y (2020) twitter link

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
they keess aff. As they were sailin, he fell asleep an a howlin w on page 93

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
osy Lil, trauchled an tashed, sailin tae
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Plain sailin on page 19

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Plain sailin on page 22
he'd browt fae da sailin ta seal der lovematch? on page 66

3 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
Thirteen, he wis. He wis sailin da world at forteen. An you e
1 matches

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
ba den – fur aa at keep her sailin on. Dis da best chance wir he
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I'm sailin roond da edge o da world damo(2013) search twitter

Southern

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
An we’re sailin, heich abuin the glen an its
1 matches

Web Analytics