A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'mait'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of mait in Corpus

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
dearth o siller tae gie them mait an claes. The rest o his sill
o pipes tae be reprocessed as mait. They turned on their ain mai
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
rst she’d need tae get some mait in her belly. Syne oot o cour
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n doon for eynoo and get some mait! Jessie thanked her for her k
e’s job wiz tae tak tae and mait doon for them, so she saw the
2 matches

Aberdeen

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
m. Cat said, 'Bit we maan get mait in for e winter, gin we'll st on page 83

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Hit dis it mait itsel on?" speirt Ailice fell on page 42
"An fit dis it mait itsel on?" on page 43

3 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
s wife Lyvia jist plunked his mait doon
an started aitin the plate o mait that wis set doon afore him.
" Wull you get up an mak some mait tae me?" He asks an demands
3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
e draw in the fermer wid need mait for his nowt. It wid be the
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
this hull haes onie amoonts o mait, sae
in richt guid condeetion. The mait in the loch maun be
2 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
yin aal tin trays o mackie-on mait servin oor betters. I stell g
1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ie skauds the creish frae the mait an banes o fantousherie.
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
airts a body micht soond it "mait", an that's hou they should s
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
k is gey critical o the kinna mait we feed oorsels wi in Scotlan
ck frae the sea, guid butcher mait fur the weel-aff that haed th
even made wi juist a taste o mait, haggis is made frae the pair
3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
caum hiz souch. Shae gied him mait an pit him ti bed. Thai
s wes nou wi a fivver, an the mait bot graniched him the
milar i thon wey. Thai et the mait
thair maisik frae Wien, thair mait frae Pareis, thair houss is i
o the rews. Sicna maisik wes mait an drink ti me, leivin i the
5 matches

Dundee

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
bit gin ye’ll wark for yer mait, Ah can yaise ye.”
t tae stap it fae freezin. “Mait,” sayed Derriakin, pyntin t
She made gestures o eatin. “Mait. For eatin.”
backs tae a waa an tane thair mait. They were a roch crood an he
for tae spen thair earnins on mait an drink. He wis hungert an a
20 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
l thay had yaised up aa thair mait. Than the man said: "Wife, we on page 42

2 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
eepers a haund wi the baist's mait, an as a trait tae us for cly on page 58

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
is ower kittelt-up tae eat ma mait, but A darnae clype tae ma mi on page 22

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
mait tae hir mooth nor suppit yill on page 14

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"It wullnae be sair fundin mait for yer baists noo!" said Tre on page 79
ent stew o ratton pish, mocht mait an foostie cheese. Thay war n on page 80
ungert. Geenipigs wad bi easy mait yince it fund it's wey intae on page 81

4 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
mappiemou mait, ay, an mats o mascorn on page 17

1 matches

Fyall, Aitken Lallans 58 - The Wa-Ganging o the Meinister, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Fousome mait wi the laird at his braw muck on page 80

1 matches

solonggaybowser Merlin's Bairns, (archiveofourown.org 2020) Central, prose
e an aw aince he kens ye as a mait-gier."
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
cht, in this wod did appeir / Mait, land, and gold scho gave abo
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Bolton, Angus Yarns 3 - Ae apologie fur ae fish / Clearin tha scroag on a winter morning, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Balligan, poetry
Mait an Mate
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Synthetic (no region)