A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wafts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 2 3 9.9 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences84 2 1 0 1 0
Number of authors6 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of wafts in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
e the home, the smell ay pish wafts right up 'n hits ye. There's on page 3

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
envelope flafferin in zig-zag wafts but suin enough aside it at t on page 72

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
iod afore the rest o the buik wafts ye aff tae sleep...) Askin mi
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
maisic wafts frae a howff mistraucht tin f on page 3

2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
In the mist that wafts up fae the meadow And the dia on page 67

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
His familiar scent wafts in the air on page 6

1 matches

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