A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of wird in Corpus

Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Wis a wird awa fae the end o sang forive on page 4

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
True tae her wird wee Mary wis back in nae time on page 59

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
"I'll hae a wird wi Wullie Syme!" he said til on page 26

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Be crier, than, o duty's wird, on page 112

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
imin Scots as a 'proper' - a wird tae return til - means fir e on page 33
A hear an read it as a Scots wird, while the an your belang tae on page 34

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ugh the steidins o the fairm. Wird had got roond throughoot the on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
it's the wird tae 'remember' on page 18
Up here it's the wird on page 19
than yin wird made oot o the thoosans, on page 23
each wird or thocht or sook at whit Ah' on page 41

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
An I hae walit my wird-huird frae the fou rowth o th on page ix

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Yin stane upon anithir, yin wird on page 197

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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
oor daeins, I ettle tae say a wird or twae aboot hoo ye micht wi on page 59

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
A Wird tae the Fore on page ix
in the deid o nicht wi nedder wird on page 31
tap thae texters as the glad wird gaes oot on page 92
That leaves ye gaspin for a wird for "deith". on page 127
We ken that Pan's the wird that maks us fecht abroad on page 130

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
a. Ma date juist git up. No a wird. Fire't on his jaickit an shu on page 2

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Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
es med possibil bi the eydent wird-hunds at biggit the gryte Sco on page 10
es als eith ti redd out o the wird-huird ti mak the pross varrit on page 11
serssit throu the buiks fur a wird heir an a say thare. on page 12

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Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
eglie at his pipe atwein ilka wird ir twa. The skipper glowered on page 7

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Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
fur hissell, bot this on the wird o the best autorities, maun b on page 5

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Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
d shae hae ti skreive anither wird ontil the day shae cam ti hir on page 2

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
k the ricklie auld tram ~ the wird "ricklie", ye'll mebbe ken, h on page 2
"We ken whit the wird 'dee'd' means," Klaus said, g on page 9
sair fecht gettin a sensible wird oot o him. Mrs. Poe bocht som on page 13
tatties, and blanched - the wird "blanched" here means "biled" on page 14
," he said, richt birkie. The wird "birkie" here means "quickly, on page 18
Also on pages 50, 74, 75, 78, 81, 84, 90, 95, 96, 111, 121, 127, 134, 141, 142, 150, 159, 162
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
But no a wird did he say: he juist glowers on page 125

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
"Oh, aye! Ye hae ma wird! Whit wes it yez fund?" on page 65

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
are ready at your wird. on page 15
secret, an tell nae a wird on page 30
Balfour: Later, ma'am ... A wird wi ma lord ... on page 35

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
guists describes wi the wersh wird chynge. But whit is happening on page 9

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
An biddin him tae spik na wird, on page 141

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
and exchange a wird or twae, on page 5
'Daddy.' ye say - yin wird on page 12
yon wird sae smaa and still on page 13

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Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Die zweite gibt, sie wird zu reich, on page 10

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Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
That wan wird - ma naem - wis a that wis on page 118

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Muckle wird leets dinna come oot o thin a on page 14
n aa the occurrences o a gien wird is displayed thegither for ea on page 15
ations containin a particklar wird, in concordance form on scree on page 17
In DOST, the entry for the wird SENATE is marred by a couple on page 18

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
n Ian fickelt aince mair. The wird 'spoudjel' wis as new ti him on page 96
Ian pyntit til it athoot a wird. The heidie luikit it ower an on page 98

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
apntheheid' is a gey an bonny wird. I'll keep in mind for whan I on page 121

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
major (an Ah dinnae uise the wird lichtlie!) buik o poetry haes on page 132

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
the list wis enless. Bit the wird freedom wisnae oan it. Nae do on page 16

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
'It's a French wird meanin a by-nem. Takkin bets on page 59
o Hecky an managed tae get a wird in private wi the gammlin man on page 60

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ispronooncin the guid English wird "Hall". It wis obvious - the
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
783) tells us that ingle is a wird ‘appropriated to familiar f
lants in different airts. The wird is defined in the Scottish Na
whan no prefixed by a definin wird, gowan is nou yaised tae indi
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
e": diacritics for this kin o wird wis popular in Victorian time
ike hou it pynts oot that the wird "fuit" likely disna exist. Th
at "heeligoleery" is a muckle wird, but we can cut doun on ortho
m haein trouble thinkin hou A wird should be spelled, A leuks fo
sae it's aesier for them if a wird that soonds the same in Scots
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
But no a wird did he say: he juist glowers
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Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
t afore the chiel could git a wird oot, what did A see but a pol
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
tations an conotations o ilka wird maun be richt liftit afore a
writer niffers a richt Scots wird for a wrang ane, an as aften
aur the verb an noun form o a wird is the same in English but no
ar a concrete noun form o the wird that's worth kennin: "harl".
glish orthography is that nae wird should end wi a "i" (unassimi
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Fleemin, Sandy Koan, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
What the wird suberijaku micht mean.
He leuks up the wird for me.
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Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
The Mowdiewort nivver hard a wird he wes sayin. Out owre the lu
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
o grypes.” Agane, wi ilkane wird, shae swang at Tam’s wi hir
ent hir an obayed hir ivverie wird. Twa callants
dungaries. He sayed nivver a wird as a mukkil blak
iz retour, an A winna brak ma wird. Bot Onkil John is in gryte j
herein a singil wird o thair sorraes, he retoured
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McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
e first principals aboot whit wird tae yaise. Wider culture his
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
doaggie, tu is, tu kens every wird I say,” I wants tae pit my
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
tak the ilk pairt o a Laitin wird, e.g. dispern ‘disperse’
The wird o praise amang the purist (or
ere winna be ae single hamelt wird tae replace a latinate ane �
f there nae single vernacular wird, there micht juist the same b
ext sud render the deifficult wird guessable. Gin it’s drappit
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
or Schiller uised a different wird. Thay’r telt whither it’s
rin aw oor virr on debatin ae wird in a text – an aften no whi
wi Inglish. Still an on, the wird uised disna cheinge the facts
is like tae be fou o Inglish wird order, or at least the wird o
order, or at least the wird order o the Inglish owerset.
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Ae wird I wis luikin at raicently in
e ye dae, then I’ll tak yer wird for it an add yer wittins tae
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ish influence is strangest in wird-order, wi an efter-perfect, a
say to me ...’. Thare Scots wird-order an aw, but, seen in ver
coorse some o the ‘Irish’ wird-order discussed abuin feegurs
leecitly relate tae the Irish wird for ‘but’ — a gallusly
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
nae Josephine, nae wird anent yer son –
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
es o fowk cried avatars — a wird taen frae Hinduism meanin a k
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Gallus is a wird that mony wad associate wi th
the craig until deid and the wird wis by nae means restrictit t
atit is the plural form o the wird for suspenders or braces, gal
This is a fascinatin wird, meanin ‘magic, enchantment
A’ve ay wondered aboot the wird chanty rassling for a wideboy
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Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
Moniment. Yon wis the wird, for as a man Willie seemed i
ulnerability wis no exact the wird for Willie - caw it mebbe gr
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
n public life - every single wird costs ye hauf yer listeners.
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
gin ah can uise sae cantie a wird for sae dulesome a thing. Eft
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
velty, a daud o colour, a new wird or twa. Evidence o Yorkshire
s said in English; ilka Scots wird that bit mair apt tae be up f
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
an heid. Ilka platform, ilka wird is wirth promeuvin. Ilka happ
e live. It is aboot that orra wird that gar ye tae pit yer foot
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
meant. The ainly guid English wird he could uise tae descrive it
wey o descrivin a guid Scots wird is tae compare it tae anither
tae anither yin - nae ither wird gets ower the word "dreich" l
e". Aft, ah'd read an English wird as a Scots yin - the wird "M
as a Scots yin - the wird "Mair" laundin like a phanton
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
h didnae ken the meanin o the wird 'RAGE' until the referendum.
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
t Tam Cowan an the occasional wird on River City coont for somet
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Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hat by defaut disna believe a wird politícians says. In this ca
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t abuin. And whaur a Latinate wird leuks tae hiv entert Scots by
whaur Scots daes hae the same wird as in English, the past parti
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
an wad hae us hingin on ivery wird. We war shuir we could hear t
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ludit offerin a range o Scots wird cairds that we makkit oorsels
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
disappintit lukk fir yaisin a wird like Bliddy sae aftime.
ce onieb’dy ivver sayed the wird Churchill athoot pittin ‘th
e it. Ay, thon wis wan mankie wird – Churchill. Wullie’s Gra
hes heid. Tories wis anither wird that cam in fir a wheen sneis
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
A wird
wird o a conversation
writen wird isnae
an prentit wird.
per wird
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
er aa throu the ferm biggins. Wird haed gane roond that day that
coorse ithoot takkin tent o a wird o what he wis sayin.
It’s summed up i’ the ae wird — Man. Man is the ae real f
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
He flickit on past the spoken wird folder. Somethin vocal, femal
nciation. Than she gied her a wird for it.
thaim, if that wis the richt wird? Hsien laid his haun on the b
. Quate-like, Hsien sayed yin wird: “The Chinese.” Then he r
“never say a wird agin the Aald People in ma he
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Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
g walin gin we mimic the Dens wird “Folketingsvalg”) i Denma
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
this Edenburgh? He rolled the wird aroon in his mooth. It didnae
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Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Ilk auld Scots wird, they store an sain,
Fir you Jack, true in wird an deed,
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
cotland. Muckle o this unique wird-kist (it is nae muckle surpri
ae wey as they micht yaise a wird or phrase fae onie ither frem
��est la vie’ or the German wird ‘Schadenfreude’ as a len-
‘Schadenfreude’ as a len-wird or seyin.
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
Monie fowk will ken this wird fae thon maist faur-stravaigi
The west-coast o Scotland wird fur ‘child’ is ‘wean’
twi the west coast, the Scots wird fur ‘child’ is ‘bairn�
nable owersettin o this Scots wird is, o coorse, simply as ‘ye
re in fou in jist ane English wird. Onie owersettin will aye be
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
Obviously, ane instance o the wird ‘recompence’ in a poem by
gnificant than the verra same wird and notion kythin repeatedly
This unmissable wird-fur-wird similarity is (o coorse) comp
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
orby: fur exemple, the German wird fur ‘pairt’ (Teil) can me
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McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
He spak ne’er a wird but gaed straucht tae his war
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Kirk Jn, Albert The Dug, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
g got telt that woof wisnae a wird:
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
i the subjeck. Turnin tae the wird-kist o the leids, we can comp
Wird-kist
ae Gaelic. Amang thaim is the wird aidh, the scrievin doon in Ga
ther exemple o a Germanic-won wird in Gaelic is briogais: fae Sc
akkin tent forby o the Gaelic wird Sasannach, which has stravaig
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@jack_capener tweeted
n an essay an keep yaisin the wird 'propone' bi accident cos A'v(2018) search twitter
n dinnae stap at jist the yin wird a day - stert yaisin mair an(2018) search twitter
e us! Mak shuir ye spread the wird amang yer colleagues wuid ye?(2018) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
isDarroch2 Progressive isna a wird that describes Joanna Cherry.(2020) search twitter
d oot the cooncillors fir yer wird.(2020) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
hat the nou IMO. Is thare ony wird fae the pairliament? https:// (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
scotgov @NicolaSturgeon Hae a wird wi yersel.. dis it matter: th(2020) search twitter
ndyref @scotgov Thare isna ae wird I cud spik that widna laun me(2020) search twitter
fie frae Mintlaw lairn me the wird mony year syne(2020) search twitter
needs tae hae a muckle stern wird wi itsel(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
@ionafyfe Hippens is anither wird for nappies.(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ma grandfaither uised the 'n' wird a lot, an Ah cried him oot on(2020) search twitter
ingSport Naw, it's an Inglish wird. It's anither wird fer the pe(2020) search twitter
Ah kent he wis a Nazi. Hae a wird wi yersels(!) ??(2020) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
iesaurus Huv niver haurd that wird afore, ever! Made me think of (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
practice hasnae survived, the wird micht be weel-kent by the phr (2020) twitter link
The #Scots wird fir Christmas is Yule. @Scots (2020) twitter link
8wdbhr This resource features wird lists fae different dialects. (2020) twitter link
@ScotsDictionars 'Wheen' is a wird that hunners o Scots an Ulste (2020) twitter link
in! Whaur does your use o the wird come fae? Which definition/et (2020) twitter link
and 12 other occurrences.

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
se Ah can. Far d'ye think the wird 'necromancer' cam frae. Ah've on page 40

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Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - My Faither's Fowk, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
a wird fair flinrichen an on page 36
than ony single wird on page 39

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Fan the wird brook oot - freens he'd nae on page 15

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Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
a wee bittie. A single Doric wird can tak ye back lang lang syn on page 25

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
er happen again he gied ma is wird." on page 17
Ah dinna wint te hear anither wird aboot it." on page 62
an faaen throwe it ilky ither wird. | on page 72

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Mum!" she says...an the wird faas upon ma like a blessin. on page 46
omethin else - aat's nae the wird Ah'm lookin fir. Ah meent...A on page 61
snortit. "Aat's jist anither wird fir fat. The chiks o her erse on page 85
n te Turra an neen o's said a wird." on page 88
ges lookin fir jist the richt wird te describe the things he fel on page 91

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
, an fin ye've faun him, fess wird back tae ma sae I can gyang a on page 8
loaf; bit he can live on ilka wird att is spoken bi e Lord God'. on page 10
re taul, 'Ye maunna brakk yer wird; fan ye sweir afore e Lord ye on page 12
aneth my reef? Jist ye say e wird an e loonie'll come aa richt. on page 16
, nae able tae spik a sinngle wird till sic time as iss comes ab on page 79
Also on pages 80, 81, 83, 85, 86, 87, 90, 91, 93, 96, 100, 102, 105, 108, 113, 114, 115, 119, 120
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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Tidy's a wird Ah'd nivver associate wi you. on page 38
oast; fir ilky regret an kine wird left unsaid an fir aa the thi on page 48
ld, is face brichtenin es the wird siddenly cam tull im. on page 51

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
said, ettlin tae hiv the lest wird. on page 80

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
bosie little Lily wi niver a wird. Finiver she hed courit her b on page 17
yne they raikit on Wi niver a wird said or they wan tae the tap on page 31
gaed rinnin on a file wi nae wird said, the wunn fusslin in Ail on page 33
d is wirth a thousan punn the wird!" on page 38
t nae managin tae think o the wird. I mean, tae get in ablow the on page 45
Also on pages 48, 69, 82, 83, 84, 89, 96, 99
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Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Since the wird o’ BSE
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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ut A felt obleeget tae kep ma wird an kep the appyntment tee.
staalkin! There’s nae ither wird for’t. Fat her maan thocht
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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
p at her dumfounert. Anely ae wird in twa o fit cam ooto her moo
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Jessie drooned hersel, nae a wird o the bairn she wis cairryin
se in the vicious sense o the wird, fur she niver liftit her hau
a. That wid likely be far the wird Evil cam frae, efter the firs
Flooers... a queer wird fur bluid, bit fittin, someho
4. THE HORSEMAN'S WIRD
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wee body, wis Mrs Ngobo. In a wird, she hid smeddum; in anither
, she hid smeddum; in anither wird, she wis thrawn. She wytit ta
ood-spikker blast oot a truer wird. Brian fairly wished himsel h
n Duguid hidna listened tae a wird o't, tho he noddit an smiled
ed atween ye. In fac, I hid a wird wi the Hoosin Unit doon at Ho
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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
A Wird i Yer Lug
A wird i yer lug. Or i yer ee, gin y
mair leetral disposeetion. E wird is atomie. Div ye ken’t’?
keleton in English. A fun the wird in e vreetins o William Alexa
ng My Ain Folk. A richt gweed wird it is tee: an A maun aloo, I
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Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
abody kent een anither an the wird ‘Doric’ hidna bin inventi
thrivin as a livin, breathin wird an nae as some stewy aul muse
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Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
We held on tae ilky wird that Ee spoke!
ye see a "z" in the hinmaist wird?
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Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
a thocht she didna believe a wird a wis spikin. She ca’d me a
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Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
chic! A telt her a wid hiv a wird wi him later. The ither twa w
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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
, it’s aafu, but it’s nae wird o a lee aither. Tae really pi
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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
e ken aboot yer local area by wird o mou, nae maiter far ye come
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
there wis nae mair wird o sums. Mrs Scott wis delicht
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
A didnae spik a wird or A wis five year auld. A di(2020) search twitter
e fir fowk thit ken the Scots wird job bit winnae use Scoys: div(2020) search twitter
A'll hae tae tak yer wird. Dinnae think A cuid haunnle (2020) search twitter
Aye. Common Scots wird. https://t.co/ypIy51E0HB(2020) search twitter
Muckle is sic an ivvery day wird fir me an aw. Jalouse is mair(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@staceyjaneadam Ats i perfect wird ti caa yon feel, he i biggest(2019) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@billykayscot A wird my mither's side o the faimly(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
l as the mair common traivler wird GADGIE. Ither traveller wirds (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Darling catches wird fae haem on page 103
gan a face. Thir isno anither wird. I'the rouk thir twatree thoo on page 120
of us never had a piece." The wird is cruel. on page 137
e come back in. She pits up a wird. Sheu's deun whit sheu can de on page 153
comes. Ivry Lighter kens the wird: on page 154

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Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
wirds. An we even spaell the wird/wurd different weys/wiys. Som on page 8

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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
hat muckle attention tae ilka wird chyce (an gies ye whit excuse
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Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
ns an pronunciaetions fir ilk wird, competeen grammars an orthog
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Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
tae Sanday whaar I heard this wird.
haevy affliction. The Scots wird is a
at the back o wan wird, aal addan
3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
omin enof tae hae a daiälekt wird: “chantan”. Fok affens ye
he soshil implikaeshuns o the wird-firm yir aboot tae yeus. Hid�
nunseeaeshins teu) o the saem wird cin differ fae poiïm tae poi
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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
is favourite. Bit Rebekah got wird o dis an whan Esau set aff ta on page 11
ta dem dat hadds fast tae his wird; on page 44
t canna hear - 'll no miss a wird. on page 55
Da Wird o da Göd Man on page 57
ive wi. You need ta hae iviry wird dat comes fae da Göd Man.' on page 85
Also on pages 109, 151
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Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
treads o de sowl wi a single wird: shoormal, mareel, bonhoga; a on page 14

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
nyoch though, an widna hear a wird said against her. Whin ony an on page 5
idder end, wi her pittin in a wird here an dere, an I cood see h on page 21
an, an gude hame, wi barely a wird tae ony ane. on page 38
come," shü whispered, every wird an effort. "June is been in, on page 45
. I kent shü didna believe a wird I said, bit shü said shü wi on page 52
Also on pages 55, 76
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De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
eety is nae place for hit. Da wird hitsel 'll on page 31

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De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
every bicht, every knowe a wird pictir in Norn. on page 19

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Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
A friendlie wird. on page 27

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
swappit onli ee soond ithin a wird, da meaneen'll be cheinged. F on page 22
on whaar dey shaa up ithin a wird. Linguistically dis means at on page 28
- shaas up at da begineen o a wird an tells you aboot whit wye s on page 30
at isna da caess: da Shaetlan wird fir 'wool' (in Standirt Engli on page 36
3 Morphology an wird-formation: makkin an inflecti on page 38
Also on pages 39, 43, 46, 62, 63, 69, 75, 78, 86, 87, 90, 92, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104
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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ivery tirl, ivery whenk o da wird on page 23
passed wird aroond in Faroe. on page 60
Wird passes lik da wind aroond da on page 62
luggin a case. Wird gets aroond; doors on page 68
a haand held oot, a kindly wird. Fantin on page 108

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Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
maet; nivver lat up; an no a wird oot o him. Da police met wis
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Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
earins. Cancer. Weel hit's da wird you faer maist. Whin he telt
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Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
in, an shö couldna get oot a wird for yon upgeen wye at some yo
e, ‘an behave normal. Not a wird or a sign. Der nobody at kens
euch, nor shouted, nor said a wird. Dan him at wis der commander
tö mylk white, never sayin a wird. Ald Jeems cam, an whin dey l
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
s, whit linguists means bi da wird, compared wi whit fock in gen
er linguists micht mean bi da wird ‘dialect’, hit’s dis pu
wirk wi, caase if we oese da wird ava, hit’s dat public conce
t implications, dan, duis dis wird ‘dialect’ hae?
haetlan - we onnly needit da wird ‘dialect’ if we wir spaek
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Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
da sam whidder or no da nixt wird sarts wi a consonant or a vow
a vowel: a aple, a bottle. Da wird originally cam fae Aald Engli

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
any - I fan at in Sweden dir wird fur weekend wis helja (mebbe

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ae see dem Meenie hed a quiet wird wi me. “Does du tink we sho
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Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
cht dis Hamefarin wid come wi wird o a freend I lost contact wi
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Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
p. “Peerie” is a splendid wird, mebbe een o wir maist used e
rie”. Hit’s an infectious wird. Noo, I wis hoopful da Peerie
A slick an cool spellin o da wird “claes”. But Meenie is ne
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Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ils tae showe. He didna say a wird, gied a gant den fell asoond
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Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Hit didna tak lang for wird tae spread dat ivery trow in
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
lise axin whit da ‘English’ wird is fir something instead a ax (2021) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
oorayforfoxes It's a fine lik wird ??(2021) search twitter

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
it!! I'm windrin if dis is de wird wi de spines apo dem? (brug =(2020) search twitter
d du lik ta ken mair aboot de wird ir de haaf language?(2020) search twitter

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