A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sumph Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 7.7 9 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2115 6 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 9 1

Occurrences of sumph in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
. Trev thocht he wis a muckle sumph an wad for ordinar hiv naethi on page 21

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
whit tae uglify is, ye are a sumph." on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
uch . . . But, like a glaikit sumph, he'd tellt Jenny an her fait on page 80

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
. It seems he wis an arrogant sumph o a lad an generally wanderit on page 23
ethin bit a greetin-faced wee sumph o a man. Naethin wis ivver gu on page 63

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'He's a muckle big sumph, is he no?" on page 65

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Yin a sumph, yin a scrunt, yin a streek. on page 5

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
here onie langer like a lazy sumph. He was in awfou trouble as i on page 17

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
is a sumph o mulch on page 36

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
a blether, includin that lazy sumph o a Depute Rector. There's no on page 37

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
inna fash yeirsell, ye mukkil sumph, ye; ar; gaun; whidder; ye; l
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
A sumph is a cheil to whom Natur has
t is a curious fact that your sumph is as amatory as Solomon hims
may mortal man howp to move a sumph.
3 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
that there’s muckle in the sumph’s heid tae fricht, when he
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
aged Pranny fur bein a muckle sumph an nae haen took a gourd wi h
te. It wisnae richt, a muckle sumph like him playin wi littlins n
r hid deed in the quarry an a sumph like Jed Anderson still gaed
aun fur a wye tae perswad the sumph tae gyang unner the surgeon's
That muckle sumph, Bappy, upheezed his bunnet w
6 matches

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