A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'stiff'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of stiff in Corpus

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ir might be white, me fingers stiff, on page 135

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Under sunshine, their stiff aching backs recline on heath on page 60

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
‘You’d be stiff if you’d been sittan on a h
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
state o): stivven 'to become stiff' (stiv + - en) on page 43

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n the remains at laid caal an stiff aneth the sod. on page 78

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
eevils, feel fowk, an them wi stiff jynts, an he cured e hale jin on page 11
"He's lyin at hame foonert wi stiff jynts an rackit wi pain." Jes on page 16

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
l gae ben the hoose an takk a stiff dram ooto yer faither's bottl
hid poored Sally Bruce oot a stiff dram, the nearest ting tae me
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
red her senses wi the aid o a stiff brandy, an the doctor an land
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
nae move? That wiz me. Frozen stiff A wiz until A heard her speak
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
on the windaes. They were gey stiff at first but she got some ile
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
one howl an fell doon stone, stiff, starin deed! The aal Pipe Ma
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. Instead she stood up slowly stiff wi the caal an wupped her thr
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s misty hame. Bit he wis ower stiff, ower slaw, ower fooshlonless
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
ine I'm bidin up. Need summin stiff.(2019)

Aberdeen

General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ar he wes awa tae get a richt stiff kickin fae the gamie. Nae far
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
loons, jist hoofed a hoorin' stiff hot toddy doon ma neck wi' a (2015)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
he were a young lawdie an the stiff heather wis streetched oot as on page 77

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
deid, I'm tellin ye. It's as stiff as a board. on page 60

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Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
airn wind and droukit frozen stiff bi the arthritic rain was a f on page 136

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An three miles back - sae stiff A got, A hardly could sit doo
we fund him, stiff, an wet wi dew.
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Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
Yer legs was stiff. Ye stood up. The hem o yer c
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
This ane wisna stiff as a board or ocht. It wis ge
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West Central

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Tim wis froze stiff wae shoack. He wis horrified.
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
g past ten in the mornin wi a stiff south-easterly wind blawin an on page 92

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Edinburgh

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
st make sure yer scaring them stiff and no making them leg it fas on page 37

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
along the upholstery ae this stiff seat she makes me sit in. The on page 2

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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah wake wae a start, ma neck stiff an sore fae the hard, widden
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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
their beds, or lyin ootside, stiff in daith, gruppin a cogie by on page 81

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General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
amber next My Lady's, fingers stiff wi cauld, stitching. I loved on page 3

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Stiff-happit in a shroud o frost on page 80

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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
getting baked an stiff an derk an broon –
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@billykayscot tweeted
ippit tae describe feelin gey stiff an sair when ye've sat doon f(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
slowly and feenished up wae a stiff neck(2020)

South East (Borders)

South West (Galloway)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
€™ as soople for mi joints ir stiff an’ dry
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General Ulster