A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'het'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of het in Corpus

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
iv he funcied retirin somewye het... an he suggestit the cremat on page 17
ink it'll bi a pluntin or the het-hoose?" speered Jock. on page 24
oyce wis pittin oan, "somewye het. An nae ower dear." on page 39
Ten meenits later, Ronnie wis het-fittin it inte Meldrum te pos on page 52
n. "Foo's the last o the reed het luvers?" he speered, heatin i on page 53
Also on pages 67
7 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
-stress, aromatherapy, een wi het steens, een wi - " on page 11
ugs o tattie crisps an feelin het tears rinnin doon his face. " on page 16
enjoy't," said Vi, feelin aa het an flustered as she yyned the on page 28
he photies Helen hid sent ma. Het tears full ma een as Ah look on page 43
ly. It's the chynge o life - het flushes, mood swings, a spare on page 68
Also on pages 70, 72, 80, 82, 87, 90, 93
14 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
bairnie an his mither an mak het fit for Egypt, an tae bide th on page 8

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Reed Het Ronnie on page 35
"'Aathin's bone dry. It's as het Ah'v heard fartin's bin banne on page 37
te write doon, Ay, it's affa het in here fin he siddenly mynd on page 42
per an speered iv Ah wis ower het." on page 43

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
he eyn o the Yird eftir three het winters hid gien wye tae drei
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
n she wis ere and it wis ower het in e simmer an ower caald in
1 matches

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
yakkin pain. I feel my wairm, het bluid seepin, seepin fae my v
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ate fur ae i' their delicious het chocolates! http://t.co/LR8sV(2015)
e ah'll aa be saying its affa het!(2016)
Mirk het chocolate fae @CocoaOoze Belm(2017)
onight quine ah’ve gien ye a het satty bree bottle on yer flec(2017)
wich! They are better toasted het an smeared wi butter. https:/(2019)
and 3 other occurrences.

@FaeFoggie tweeted
up i back o i main stand wi a het pie and bovril. Hink it wis a(2019)
at or she thocht a wis full o het air. https://t.co/Fnqv35iUfc(2019)
@cligeey Dinna tak het tea.(2019)
Quick nippy in fir a het pie https://t.co/wp5EWEBnLi(2019)
@DrMDempster Affa het(2019)
and 1 other occurrences.

South Northern

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
uhar Fergusson. He wis gien a het denner at the Manse fae the m on page 97

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
there wis nae reek. It's reid het emmers is't? Aal Clootie's gr on page 41

3 matches

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Fin we get a richt het simmer on page 14
in those days it was aye sae het Wi swate poorin' doon yer bro on page 29

2 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
e fondue (a share-sized pot o het meltit cheese wi loaf for dip on page 6
nt for bein a sunny kintra wi het wather, sae aathou ye wad mai on page 10
n enjey yer new purchase wi a het drink if yer needin an escape on page 12

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
Abbie wis wipin the het tears fae his chiks fan ah sa
1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
a word drippin fae mi moo lik het wax, ‘pride … gings … a
1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
the scullery, he poured mair het water in the cup an pushed pa
a whilie the coat startit tae het up wi his body heat an fit wi
2 matches

The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
lot of folks is getting very het up aboot this wik’s rise in
1 matches

General Northern

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Ambushin het hoose warmin fowk at nicht, on page 80

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
sae het that tar was meltin on the ro on page 8
handin owre her broth. An saw het een, on page 44

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Takin a het rowie smeared wi butter on page 150
I ken somebiddy'll buy me a het rowie (Oo-oo och aye) on page 159
thy coffee min, richt steamin het. on page 171

4 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
in wi flees, bakin oot on the het Savanna, sae A kent bi the we on page 80

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ae bide here-but fegs, fitten het an drouthy I am!" on page 34

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ater in the day richt fine an het,
Ferrly warm an affa het witoot a doot,
Dry an het, wither changes taewards nich
Braw day sae affa warm an het,
y comes oot sae affa sinny an het,
30 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Hale day is dry aye het as weel,
e ahin you, it's gettin a bit het in here". So
Het air dis hit me as I step oots
Sultry an het wi a thunner plump or twa,
Sin comes oot, het an affa sultry tee,
12 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ys, “Ye’r like a hen on a het girdle.”
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
braw mind Peggy, an a rowth o het watter. A coud
A wis lik a hen on a het girdle aw the time thay wir s
2 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
ked the wee treasure door but het wiz shut but I could see rech
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
es tae tan a coo’s erse in a het paan #Walt #Disnae(2020)
! Bovril f’er yer mitt and a het waatar bottle f’er yer doup!(2018)
a douse! I'll rummle up some het waaatar wi' Bee's shite. #Dor(2016)

@cligeey tweeted
s oot he's awa inside noo oor het(2020)
It's affa het(2020)
still in Africa will be affa het(2020)
@JulieMcNeil66 Oor het noo(2020)
Gan ti be het then. Knotted hunkie on ma he(2020)
and 2 other occurrences.

@Franwella tweeted
......besides, i like ma food het! If yer goin tae shop, swing (2011)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
'm nae muckle eese aht growin het peppers. Bloody things were a(2019)
n' on foo bad 'e hingower is, het wi butter an jam ont.(2019)
Fit an eese! Aht wid be rare het on a plate wi beans.(2020)
nd They were better caul than het.(2020)
@FaeFoggie Fairly a day for a het pie like.(2019)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Ian wis lik a hen on a het griddle, on page 26

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
ains himsel). An thon's a gey het-skinnt beiss, bi the luik o'm on page 48

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
paper kiver... it wis indeed het stuff, in mair weys than yin! on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Nae lass cuid ever het it up again. on page 42

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
, so they visited her an made het an offer she couldna refuse. on page 86

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
vin and warslin in a cramped, het neuk is tae be tholed for hou on page 136

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
We're gliffed bi reid-het souchs til unnerstan on page 33

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
l sketch o the brig. It wis a het sunny morn an the watter wis
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
in the het an the cauld an the weet.
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ullin her haun awa like fae a het maskin an the coin birlin an
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
And syne he het the milk ower het,
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
stuid lik stuikies. This wes het stuff !
at aince an shae wes gied a het douk, haillsum mate an pit ti
het-trod ti herrie thaim inti Sco
rid-het stoiff, an ane-twa cheirs, it
maun strik whyle the ern’s het,” gried John.
13 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'm bilin het. A'm frozen through.
whiles bilin het, whiles near tae freezin,
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
wi three billie-cans o reekin het tea in his richt haund an ani
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
"the lass aye pit het fit tae the road
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
sk, glunchit, like a hen on a het girdle. "Richt, Miss Honey,' on page 77
Honey said. 'Let's no get too het up this early.' on page 173

2 matches

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
I needit nae het hap tae warm ma feet on page 131
a wee thing waur nor yon auld het affliction on page 139
The lang het simmer cam an rowed on page 140

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
if he's here, said Charlene; het face wis pure white as a shee on page 106
is Rice an she actually signt het name on it an Chris wis pure on page 110

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
'Ah Bolanus, hou ah envy thon het-heidit temper o yours!' on page 123

1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
nomic Advisors, cries this “het siller” – it flaws intae
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Ma mither's sons were het agin me; on page 1

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
heids, an oniegates wes verra het up an onfreindlie, an spak wi on page 6

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
him fur baith bodie an mynd a het-houss, tho he kent verra weil on page 2

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
an saw a carcass flycloud, het an green, on page 112

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
baith coorit an' fanklit us. Het in Love's mesh, on page 63

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
shin!’ The sunnschein strak het on hiz furr, saft grays kitti
furr, saft grays kittilt hiz het brou, an eftir the out-the-we
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The bus wis stowed and it wis het. A gurthie middle-aged lady t
carp in it. The monks pat in het stanes ilka nicht tae stap it
aarm an soon - an they got a het denner wi some reestit mutton
the elbas, tae demand watter, het if possible. She waggit tae B
irt fae his bare feet. He wis het noo, an drookit wi sweit. She
5 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
an airn rain tumbles frae the het watter byler on page 82
Het, deidly, deithly dampt as tra on page 83
Ane wicker man that's burnin het as gleed. on page 127

3 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Henry Dundas bogle boukit and het up again) cleek thegither twa
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
orwey. John lowsed her an led het slowly oot intae the spring a on page 24
ae draw braith ower a plate o het parritch an speir juist hou t on page 30
wi aa the younger Covenanters het-bluidit an bent on slauchter on page 37
ess wad hae the griddle ready-het on the peat embers tae fry on page 55
zven Il! Years o famine - wi het thochts mair on her ain twa y on page 65
Also on pages 76, 81
7 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
n I lue the brunt smell o the het black taur, an the bonnie sic on page 23

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 83 - Cochise o the Apache Nation, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The sun haes been unco het oan ma pow on page 25

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
o an eternal jabbin wi a rid het poker.' on page 49

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Whan the fire wis het eneuch the maister, Paddy Tay on page 22

7 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
r cawin skippin ropes; whae's het?; on page 8

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 104 - Ordnar Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
aul wife, hert seared By the het airon o hatred That murthered on page 90

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
is oot tae gie Grannie a guid het moothfu, he didna want a deid on page 19
A BOTTLE O 'EXTRA HET' CHILLI SAUCE on page 25
in the pot got mair and mair het. on page 32
thocht she'd swallaed a reid-het poker the wey she took aff fa on page 40
the kind ye get if ye haud a het fryinpan unner the cauld spig on page 41
Also on pages 94
6 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
nd sic-like, it isna jist sae Het on page 9
anna be sae awfie muckle ower Het aboot three o clock in the mo on page 10
'Het? mummled Teeger. on page 27
'Het! he explained wi a muckle, fr on page 28
aycorns and - whit were thae het things cried?' on page 30
Also on pages 106
6 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi het braith haary, whaur roost tho on page 33

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
it sune, a gowan in a bairn's het hand. on page 47

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
The sun maunnae hiv bin ower het, is the stane wis perishin ca on page 82

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
an began tae ladle the thick, het parritch intae widden bowls a on page 17

2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Gruggie, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
nky's syringe loaded wi spoon-het venom, on page 74

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e seekin oot guid practice an het issues adae wi Scots in educa on page 4

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
o a crisp poke steered in the het playgrund in the mid efternui on page 37

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
. Aw, fir fu...' Ah smelt the het piss as it run doon the hent on page 17
e Rab had felt the same man's het piss oan hes back, drookin he on page 19

2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
o us kythed afore thaim thon het simmer mornin? Nae dout
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
, whiles a swanky brand-name, het frae a nearhaun shoppin centr
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
fidgin aboot like a hen at a het griddle till he had tellt her
ornin . . . an get thae claes het an dry ower the oven bricks a
2 matches

South East (Borders)

South West (Galloway)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
a wheen o puir craiturs wile het, an gies thaim a bad hirsle a
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Het Cross Buns on page 18

5 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
came the welder an even mair het wus tried!! on page 9
lukkin greener, wae the bit o het an rain. on page 48

2 matches

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
e an got stuck in...shuin tha het butter an saft yolk wus runni
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
Mind an no put your het shunners in the plestic bin: (2014) twitter link

@HurchinHome tweeted
ThompDesign @thebogmyrtle Nae het eshes, mind. Why not gaun til(2014)