A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

slay Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.5 2.5 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences55 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 5

Occurrences of slay in Corpus

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Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
en, aye women, and bairns tae slay. on page 67

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
h tocht his Picts tae kill an slay, on page 92

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Aw o us thegither will slay the beastie, conquer, and kil on page 143

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
€˜Thay ... wald not suffre to slay ony beast, ea nocht a louceâ€
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
tae slay at least ae vicious beast -
1 matches

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