A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'bird'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of bird in Corpus

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
k Ooft! Yons a guid Shaetland bird! We birders take mony a punt, (2020) twitter link
e cutey. Looks like a birders bird (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
da back gairden ta fill up da bird feeder wi some special mix sh on page 29
Da bird life too is understated. Nae on page 91

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Hit taks me a age, for der a bird sheerlin on page 25

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
fool = 'bird' in StE: De'r a aafil lok o f on page 106

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da bird's-eye view da herd wye, on page 49
ta a distant place, bird o passage at he wis. on page 84

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
‘Maybe hit’ll mak da aald bird sing,’ he said, an in hit g
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
agged broon beard, rough as a bird's next, dat hung underneath a
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2021) Shetland
e let you ken I'm put da last bird posters tae Loose Ends so if

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
da bairns took dir wye tae da Bird Hide. Dey stoppit tae read so
Da Bird Hide wis a boannie widden she
Wi da help o da Bird Hide spyglesses, Snurtysleeve
3 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
@Peerie_kj oh my days!! Is da bird still tae da fore? (2015) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ay o da month so it's beached bird survey day. I love doin my pe(2020)
mily cat had catched an unken bird which Mr Heubeck came and ID'(2020)
GMacfarlane Britain's biggest bird box ??. Dir may be a handfoo (2019)
And da smell o bird'sfoot trefoil in da air adds (2018)
d blyde tae hear a particular bird call. My first wagtail o da y(2014)
and 3 other occurrences.

Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
bairns fit they cried ess wee bird, an a quine fae a fairm ootby on page 37

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
airms an grinned. "The early bird gits the wirm, bit it's the s on page 7

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
her man jibbit back. 'A deid bird winna drap ooto its nest. Bit
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
luik oot fur a bairn or fur a bird wi a brukken wing. Maist o th
hawk weirin a croon, a kinno bird-king. Birds wad hae ruled owe
e Buik o the Deid they fand a bird-like chiel proggin an edder.
s, tae heist up plumes like a bird:
r raise up – an ilkie kinno bird cud be seen in the lift; an e
7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Vratch. “Fit a guid-hairted bird tae takk care o a quine like
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Foos the owl bird decoy working tae scare ma cu(2018)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
irrelsinW @brsquirrel There a bird cried reidshank, so A'll ging (2020) twitter link

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
He loves anglin and he loves bird-watchin and the place is gey
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
I’d seen a deid bird
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
r denner tae oor gairden. Nae bird haes received as guid hospita
s, aa ye hae tae dae is mak a bird-feeder wi some seeds in it th
2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
It disna hae bird flu on page 62
AN YER BIRD KIN SING on page 120
she's a hame bird on page 188
FLEE AS A BIRD *** on page 203

17 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Bewaar the Jeelyeel bird, an dreid on page 21
, a wheen taivert. "I'm nae a bird!" on page 72
is a shilpit, tousie-lyeukin bird, wi the fedders o't stertin o on page 85

3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
THE BIRD
bird they wull get the nicht".
2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
espect tae her, but....Jackie Bird as the great arbiter of popul (2020) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
wi a coffee enjoyin sun and a bird jist shit on ma, disna feel l(2012)

North East Central

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
shair aboot pigeon. Big saft bird. Noo the doubt hud entered he on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
. That's why yae canne pull a bird?" on page 91

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Let nae flooer bloom. Let nae bird sing.
"Puir bird," thocht I, "Ye're aw yer lan
Whit maks ye think that bird up there will fa fur ane o yo
The Wee Bird and the Pussy Cat
The wee bird sat in the rowan tree,
8 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
lookin like a tall,fat Jackie Bird. Wee Shooie wis, whit ma auld
1 matches

Duncan, Robert Peeweep, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Lumphinnans, poetry
that a bird cuid sing in a cage.
the bird quat singin.
they bure the deid bird.
3 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
Loch Leven, bit of bird watching, me and mum watched (2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
t @edinburghpaper is that the bird flu or the asian flu lol (2020) twitter link
ow fae this drop dead gawjuss bird fae the usa - oh hello hunny (2020) twitter link
o n the flu n noo we have the bird flu - ffs its awe go lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Lik a fledglin bird bent oan kennin why, on page 219

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Lik a fledglin bird bent oan kennin why, on page 12

1 matches

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
“gled” bein Scots fur the bird o prey, the kite. And the Gre
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
weel-kennt fer drappin aff a bird or twa, or a wee baist tae la on page 84
e gamies wuid hear him makkin bird noises an it seemd as tho som on page 88
makkin bird noises tae keep himsel busy. on page 89

3 matches

Edinburgh

Robb, Fraser Lallans 61 - Jimmy Bond, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, weans
He gangs hame wi a bird. on page 9

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
tae wark, flipping the first bird heelstergowdie an weeglin a w on page 8

2 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
‘A bird’s freend, feres,’ he says
a beuch uised tae propel the bird forrit and no for ill-wysin.
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n whiles a corbie or e’en a bird o prey wad emerge through the
s wey,” he sayed, an made a bird’s heid wi a forrat-pyntin h
pent an shut the beak. “Thy bird disna sing, dis it?” he spe
3 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
traight below, the odd echoey bird-craw. The view across the sea on page 3

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rn’s neb, excitit as a loon bird-nesting. Margaret’d wrench
1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
say hullo,” said Jonny. The bird turned his heid tae Jonny an�
” said Jonny. The deep blue bird kept oan playfully croakin’
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t an feathers an fuckin dried bird shite intae a cloud ay fine p
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
near the summit, there’s a bird ay prey. An eagle ah reckon,
‘It wis a bird, fuck knows a big fuckin. . .
‘A bird?’ ah sais, wae derision an
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
A young bird, professional lookin strides
1 matches

Ayrshire

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
ntae a domain o silence. No a bird, no a craitur on page 18

1 matches

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
n the distance, the skirl o a bird o prey soarin in the wind. on page 26

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Ye shoud be hame nou, myna bird on page 48

3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
irlin like the hert o a deein bird shot wi a hunter's rifle. He on page 84

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Oor funeral and sabill bird. on page 112

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
like a bird on a bare brainch, threap, on page 43
bairn, blue as the breist o a bird on page 49
a birlin bird, whirlin through the lift, on page 93
the rig-bane or fit-dunt o a bird, on page 100
like a bird faur aff in a daurk glen, on page 106

5 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
irms, mimed the flapping of a bird. "And took a heider ower the on page 3

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
elf 'Mibbe it'll mak the auld bird sing,' he said, and in it gae on page 24
e label said, FOR CHOOKIES WI BIRD SNOCHTERS, HEN on page 27

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
Pooh is jist a-poohin Like a bird. on page 76
re lies a tree that Hoolet (a bird) Wis fond o when it stood up on page 139
And Hoolet tae, a bird!' till there on page 140

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
me dirdum that soondit like a bird gaun radge, and Klaus heezed on page 7

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
on the nuts, bird swingin on page 31

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O muirlan scent an tweetlin bird, on page 70

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
a bird ower the watters stealin - on page 19

1 matches

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
their wark tae listen tae the bird sing. As they listened, their on page 94
"It says in this book that a bird cried a nichtingale is the ma on page 96
"Shaw us the bird, and ye'll be brawly rewarded on page 97
"Whit braw! Thon maun be oor bird!" the courtiers cried. on page 99
in his palace!" he tellt the bird. on page 100
Also on pages 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 110, 112
31 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Lulls ilk ane bird, on page 114

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
s ‘wavering like the baukie bird’, we winna coont the baukie
bird.
2 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
en and Ray, Chris and his new bird I cannae mind the name o. The
Karen, and Chris and his new bird think o me. That's how I’m
2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
. Yer wings arena jist like a bird’s. Phoebus’s rays will me
the lad, chynged him intae a bird as he fell, sae he cud flee a
2 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
what about. Shaggin some fine bird? Shoot mair dugs in the arse
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
that daft bird game can get itself tae fuck(2014)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
or green There's nae a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o my (2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah thocht thir wis an exotic bird loose in ma street. Then ma n(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
In freendly blether wi bird or beast - on page 5
ds! Jings, she'll scoff a wee bird as sin as keek at eet!" on page 30
"Except mustard isnae a bird," Ahlice remarked. on page 89

3 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
hi is gan oot ti meet the new bird james #uptinaegid(2012)

South West (Galloway)

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
A bird o fire on page 70

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
ey sing wi the mou o the deid bird: on page 9

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

East Antrim (Larne)

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
???? If thon high class dolly bird only had my heft.(2019)