Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'corbie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

corbie	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	10.8	36	20
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	10.3	4	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	24.8	4	3
GLA - Glasgow	5	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	21.4	2	1
LAL - General Central	18.4	14	7
SEA - South East (Borders)	24.2	2	2
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	174.4	3	1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of corbie in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
aa at he said wis, "Why is a corbie laek a writin-desk?" on page 69

1 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
eared. Dan Noah slippit oot a corbie bit it didna come back. So he on page 7

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
na, he keepit fower birds. A corbie , a jackdaw, a hawk an a skrei
t focht fur his sowl agin the corbie , ay, an won the fecht, his so
hty craik the magpie tore the corbie clean in twa, an ruggit its h
3 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The Fox and the Corbie on page 14

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
urgh. Sae Mirren flied as the corbie
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
an black's a corbie. on page 11

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ithert, binna Moses, the tame corbie , that sleepit on a perch ahin
tten aboot by Moses, the tame corbie . Moses, that Mr Cameron haed
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
opes cud be seen, an whiles a corbie or e’en a bird o prey wad e
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
bit aw he said wis "Whit's a corbie goat in common wae a writin-d on page 67

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
but aa he said wis, "Why is a corbie like a screivin-desk?" on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Hicland Host moved on - like corbie craws - tae a fresh pickin T on page 34

1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
o the men muivin. I want the Corbie ready tae sail in hauf an hou on page 55
bluidy the blades o the Corbie's sons on page 57
ut araise frae the Sons o the Corbie, an we strained at the oars, on page 58
an jaurs o wine back tae the Corbie. A few pokes o gowd an siller on page 59

6 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
raggit as a corbie an jaggy as a thistle, on page 9

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
e noo, ceptin Moses, the tame corbie, wha sleepit on a spar ahint on page 6

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
e, the mannie, like a droukit corbie in his thin black cloak and v on page 3

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
xcitement whan A haed skeel o Corbie's openin speech descrivin Sco on page 58

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Corbie on page 46

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Your lifespan in a corbie's craw, on page 97

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Thon corbie's up in Wiltondean on page 42

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives - The Witch, (Luath 2025 ISBN: 978-1804252420) Central - Peebles, prose
is a witch. She mindit me o a corbie - daurk, an hunkered ower, a on page 39

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
whit jakedaw, rook an corbie ayewes dae. on page 77

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
A corbie craw that flies aroun, on page 21
their corbie peckt heirskips on page 30
tulating" whiskey's curse. In Corbie tones, mock morose, Agin malt on page 59

3 matches