A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'faws'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of faws in Corpus

General Northern

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Aye, but again, the wee man faws shoart. He'll learn, he'll se on page 18

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An sae ye see, it faws tae me,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
he shooglie nail his veracity faws doon frae.
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West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
le o a aince halie priest wha faws unner the spell o the Ill-Ane on page 139
anna be dichtit frae whaur it faws. Sik Gothic motifs sets the m on page 142

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
i the pages o leiterature, he faws owre, an in a dwaum, jalouses
icht is shawen whan the buiks faws on ithers’ heids, an thai i
na; Woodville kens better. It faws oot that Browne saw the ghais
et til the venue. But his son faws an the swuird is tint. Jock h
i the mukkil beiss. But baith faws a hunner feet. The deer is ki
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Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
is heid wi his pen till it aw faws doon lik a mini avalanche; be
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Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
see it murthert afore a brick faws!
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Dundee

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
s he spins roon tae stop me n faws on his arse, There's a bellow on page 14
ls cos ma shout n the fat wan faws on the ice. A nearly pish mas on page 34

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
The accordion faws in at the verse, when it dis on page 3

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
e mah sword is balancin an it faws aff and sticks bolt upright i on page 173
ontact wi his baws. Lhe sword faws fae his hawn an intae the mud on page 175

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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
Whan unborn snaw faws aff on page 48

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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
the van an a pre-rolled joint faws doon oan tae his lap. ‘Take
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Frost faws aff ay the leaves an layers a
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
eams at the tellie an silence faws oer the place, just the occas
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General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
He fell as doucely as a tree faws. There wis fient a soond, bec on page 91

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
The mair it faws on page 1
The mair it faws on page 2
ak it mair hummy. The mair it faws, tiddely pom, the mair - ' on page 4
FAWS - tiddely-pom on page 5

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Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
e had tellt her, "When a star faws, a sowl gangs up tae Heiven." on page 53

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
k alang the the river tae the Faws o Unich that breenges wi the on page 65

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
sna jist a history, but affen faws intae jaloused history. It is on page 110

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n this is whaur the Companion faws doun: its reinge is ower narr on page 130

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
lochs aw gaits. Here the rain faws as methane an weirs awa the g
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
maitters as faws inwith the responsibility o t
faws inwith the responsibility o t
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
n tak tent? Jist aboot awbody faws intil ane camp or the ither.
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in her weys. Agnes howanivver faws for a weel-faur’d and swank
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White, George And sae it gaes oan, (Facebook 2024) Central, poetry
an so it is, as wan faws aff
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
he Tories. Gin either o thaim faws short o a majority, as leuks
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
estin thing is that this poll faws pretty weill i line wi whit w
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
ae the burnside. “Fyr a man faws in love er a smile, a laugh.
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South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
the forenicht faws lichtsum.
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@jamie_ginger tweeted
ite when the wife’s birthday faws at the common riding. Cause 9(2019)

South West (Galloway)

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Gin a tree faws on page 173

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
nts poond. Licht braks, nicht faws, loch stauns. on page 52

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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
, anen Ah went ootside ae the faws an took some photies a evrubd
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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)