Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'pagan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

pagan	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.4	18	11
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central	45.9	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central	13.3	3	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	7.9	6	3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	58.1	1	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 pagan in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the kirkyard. The aspen is a pagan tree an niver allowed tae gro
rkyard. She kneeled afore the pagan tree and asked permission o�
d peyed her devotions tae the pagan aspen tree she picked up an o
3 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
pepperin oor tongue wi pagan words on page 5

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
its ain beliefs north tae the pagan wilds o the Viking nations. H
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ene said, Dae yi know she's a pagan. Whit's a pagan, ah said. Cha on page 104

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
wid dance, tae appease their Pagan gods, on page 40

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ur and the adjective and noun pagan .
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
id a misision tae convert the pagan tribes." on page 14

3 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Buffalo Bill, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
squeelin pagan craturs, on page 62

1 matches

Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
Oor Tibby Pagan
d doon fae his Dad. Fae Tibby Pagan , the Lass o Ballachmyle, tae
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
it. It was gathered off Tibby Pagan at her howff in Muirkirk by B(2020)
need tae blether aboot Tibbie Pagan an aw. The warl needs tae ken(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Dickey, William Yarns 3 - Annual General Report, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, prose
ce of chickens tae an unknown pagan deity until the practice wus
1 matches