A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Occurrences of widd in Corpus

Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
hins, auld an made frae yella widd, includit a sofa wi a muckle on page 137

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ack wis as stiff as a plank o widd. I didna want tae get up, but on page 54

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Oo straivaged throu the hail widd forkin intae aw the neuks and on page 59

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Wha in the widd dirk places stap, on page 112

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Deep deep intae the daurkest widd. on page 23
I saw her efter in the widd - on page 40

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
t as fae the verra stairt the widd tae keep the Vigil fire burni on page 106
ers, an times whan siller, or widd, wis rinnin affy short, an it on page 108

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e maist awfie soond o crashin widd and brekkin tiles cam fae dir on page 164
and crackit tiles and dauds o widd and clockers and speeders and on page 173

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
they turned intae a wee pine-widd, and sat theirsels doon on th on page 6
re,' said Pooh, 'jist by this widd, oot o the wund, because here on page 7
oond tae the tther side o the widd tae uplift the sticks. on page 8
el a hoose doon by ma wee bit widd.' on page 11
uk o the field aside the pine-widd, where Heehaw's hoose wisna o on page 12
Also on pages 13, 15, 50, 65, 70, 72, 123, 137, 142
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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ae above the glen there wis a widd. on page 7
idderie Beek. 'It's up in the widd on the brae. It's unner a muc on page 9
boot tae pad forrit intae the widd when he heard - or thocht he on page 12
nt ends cam racklin intae the widd. Beek wis drivin yin, and Boo on page 22
tch at this hard thing. 'It's widd" he whispered. "'Widden board on page 39
Also on pages 46
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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ed thochtily on a wee skelf o widd. on page 58
nd her had been made tae chop widd. The pile o logs they'd made on page 104
cairryin a muckle flat bit o widd, pentit tae look like a livin on page 134

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
. He jagged the daud o burnin widd ontae he beast's neck, burnin on page 13
eans that had got lost in the widd, the Stymphalian Craws wid ca on page 27
is as thick as a cairt-load o widd. Hercules didna think he coul on page 30

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
The tree wis in a wild widd by the edge o the deep blue s on page 94
tiers had nivver been tae the widd - there were nae trig paths on page 97
ollaed the wee maid intae the widd, scartin themsels on the bram on page 98
ma sang soonds better in the widd," the bird thocht, but that n on page 100
tae the saft simmer dim o the widd. on page 112

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Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
Och, that’s juist the Wuld Widd,” sayed the Mouss cuttie-li
“An ayont the Wuld Widd agane?” he axed: “whaur i
“Ayont the Wuld Widd cams the Wyde Warl,” sayed
3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
an it didna, A inpit the nyow widd fluir ti dern the awfu trewth
heilosophies. We hae stane an widd, ern an coll,
i the panser sauf derned in a widd, the twasum eiged
biggins wes med o widd, furby thair plenishins, bowi
4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
. She walked intae the muckle widd aside her hoose and soon hear
he young wife creepit oot the widd wi her son and hurried hame.
air and flew ower the muckle widd a couple o times wi the taps
3 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
gh like a rotten hoose made o widd, the collapse haes been sudde
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Shetland

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
e da banks wi a back-burden o widd at wis come wi da sea.
k I could hae some o yon fine widd ta bigg a peerie hoose wi?"
an knockit an med fast aa da widd, till he hed a boannie peerie
idder's hoose - da een med o widd. As he opened da door he yall
in an blaain, till da hoose o widd fell doon aboot da aert an ba
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
ot o dem ir crawled oot o the widd wark fae this wis posted thou(2021) search twitter