Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'noble'

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Use in varieties of Scots

noble	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	12.1	40	26
ORK - Orkney	29.8	3	1
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	2
GLA - Glasgow	5	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	53.4	5	3
LAL - General Central	23.6	18	12
SEA - South East (Borders)	24.2	2	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	41.8	3	2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
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 noble 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.

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
cream o the crop. Serve this noble baest wae clapshot, mince and
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
o Emilia Romagna, a heraldic, noble baest released intae its natu
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
use you’re too – weel – noble tae use them.’
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
a noble niff o rötin paddock-stöl, on page 112

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
e urban and rural prospects o noble Scotia micht heeze tae a cons
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The noble heid, pykt atour London Bridg on page 128

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e ferr-kent Inglisman, Hobbie Noble .
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ane o them that our Bard, the noble Rabbie, wuid hae cried ane o on page 33

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
noble dochter! on page 14

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ice is lost - may she have a noble rebirth - but there is that
auld man’s haun. “It is a noble deed,” he assuret him.
2 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Strang seams o noble thocht like swirlin elements on page 15

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
housans o Scots folk - baith noble an commoner - fechtin for th on page 51
God's chosen meenisters, the noble Richard Cameron, an aicht o h on page 52
nor Buccleuch nor their ither noble neibours - for they've aa ay on page 61

3 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
the Rovers, featurin a wice, noble, yellae haired, guid-lookin s on page 23

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
In douce Dumfries oor noble Bard sits fine an dandie,
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A noble knight so full ae shite, who on page 72

3 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
a noble sentence. on page 29
o this noble yird - restin eternal. on page 24

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
nes o descent o weel-daein or noble faimlies, an in 1672 a formal on page 40
a king or queen, or aiblins a noble wi a teetle, is a common reas on page 56

3 matches

Sangster, Maureen Lallans 104 - The Wild Burrds Shaw, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
Thir weary weengs and noble heids on page 75

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
uis Stevenson hailed it as a 'noble and malleable tongue'. There on page 8

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
And syne Wee Grumphie did a Noble Thing, and he did it in a kin on page 150

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary: Freends, ma noble freends, ma sisters... on page 18
Oor noble, royal brither. on page 35

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ed the muckle collar ower the noble heid o as bonny a Clydesdale on page 17

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
nment an its bureaucracy, are noble anes; bit, as Fishman pints o on page 56

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
pin oan aboot freedom? Whit a noble thing it wis. Hou life wisnae on page 16

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ooncil or Secret Cooncil an a noble or baron that wis electit a P
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
haim as the ‘ither’ or ‘noble savage’, an no seein thaim
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
fur the estate workers. Scot-Noble wis the Laird an Mr an Mrs Sc
the Laird an Mr an Mrs Scott-Noble bade i the big hoose. A kent
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Lallans 82 - Edinburgh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
o noble thocht, raison an sense on page 57

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
are sons o a noble breed, on page 32
noble men wha fell preservin leeber on page 58

2 matches