A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wain Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.1 3 0 0 0 10.3 48.4
Number of occurrences176 0 0 0 1 10
Number of authors12 6 1 5

Occurrences of wain in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
throu the street in a muckle wain yokit tae a great sture beast on page 135

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
anics o spaces frae Charles's Wain on page 7

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
he morn he wes liftit ontil a wain an out-harled inti the yaird,
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
ole life. Ever since ah wis a wain when ah used tae use two hood
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
As ma wind wis stertin’ tae wain, A came face tae face wi’ n
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
ow could ye choose a clueless wain
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Guid looks they a' but wain on page 11

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Tae an iver-wuntherin wain, on page 43
ein seven ages. At furst, the wain, on page 51
A wain agane, an wae nae mine o ocht on page 52
Whar jook, the wain? on page 53
An thonner, redd o worl an wain, on page 54

5 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
erin nithin else whun A wus a wain, tha words they used air firi
1 matches

Wilson, Glen Yarns 3 - A Ghaist Train in Portrush, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Portadown, poetry
tha wain ruttled, a skelet
1 matches

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
Whun A wus a wain A loved gan roon wae Mae Mith
1 matches

Mc Donnell, John Joogins, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, prose
Yin day whun a wus a wain a snaked intae whut wis cal,d
1 matches

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