A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

smoored Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 12.1 7.5 0 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences3224 5 0 1 0 2
Number of authors20 14 3 1 2

Occurrences of smoored in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
, but when ye loss yin that's smoored wi thick reid jeely yon's a m on page 35
k in the hole in the cake and smoored the haill thing ower wi icin. on page 71

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
haimmer in haund, my fingers smoored wi ingine-ile, bouin ower whi on page 28
biddins. Guid mornin.' An he smoored oot his lamp. Syne he dichtit on page 50
eerie. 'Guid mornin.' Syne he smoored oot his lamp. on page 52

4 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
an thinly smoored bi syle, asleep tae on page 59

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
er Air's Moss wis maist-times smoored by thick blue-grey reek frae on page 79

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ae examine jt. Pairt o it wis smoored by the snaw, but he kent imme on page 49

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ne, there wes a snaw faw that smoored the kintrae roun, but whit we on page 6

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Jean: Ye're aa smoored in self-peetie. on page 35

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
lair. Oan frostit nichts, the smoored waas on page 112

1 matches

Capener, Jack Eemis Stane 1 - Syne, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
As a smoored ingle's heat remains, on page 10

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
proponit that the expairience smoored his leeberal gust. But James on page 69

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
n coontless grates and ranges smoored at nicht on page 107

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
s first leid is tae aw intent smoored.
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Pennie, Len The Wheesht, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
through ma ain choice a smoored ma voice an let the wheesht h
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
cheriots, shields an javelins smoored wi jewels. She snipped aff he
iles o champit banes, an waws smoored wi the bluid o the Minotaurâ€
an Theseus cam oot, pechin an smoored wi its bluid, I wis hertgled.
wings were strang, an finally smoored the haill unnerside wi meltit
ookit wi sweit, her legs were smoored wi mud an her hair wis raivel
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
an onie difficulties jist got smoored in the breenge Ah hud for it
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
irty wis ower. The lichts wir smoored. The wee sea quine stood bi t on page 126

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rae the Sioux tribe o a chiel smoored in fedders. The Sioux held a
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
, albeest ma mindins o’t is smoored ower wi e neist ongyans aat d
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
been shown tae kittle up the smoored coals. Jessie wiz mair used t
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
smoored in stoor. He warssled his wye
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
or faa'n ta ess or smoored on page 117

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The rodden's stoory stur lang smoored; on page 43

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Are tha oul bleezes smoored? on page 58

1 matches

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