Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'throne'

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Use in varieties of Scots

throne	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	14.2	47	26
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	105.5	3	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central	137.6	3	1
SEC - (South) East Central	10.3	4	4
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	1
DUN - Dundee	63.7	6	2
EDN - Edinburgh	31	5	1
GLA - Glasgow	10	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire	32	3	1
LAL - General Central	13.1	10	6
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.1	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	31.4	1	1
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)	36.3	2	1

Occurrences of throne 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.

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Da Loard haes set up his throne i da Göd Place, on page 44

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ame back till take e Scottish throne. Them that supported him only on page 24
o Hearts were sittan on their throne when they arrived, wi a great on page 104

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
bi hivven, cause att's God's throne, nor bi earth, cause att's Go on page 12
eich. E Lord God'll gie him e throne o his fadder Daavit an he'll on page 80

2 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
So doon she sat apon her throne, on page 24

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
le and wis sittin back on his throne in a royal goun that wis thre on page 14
ke a wee laddie on the muckle throne in his palace. "Ye have no do on page 50
us wis sittin on Eurystheus's throne. on page 56

3 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ars a silken silence faa: Yon throne can fairly shak. on page 8

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Those who sit oan the throne ae power dinnae want the like on page 92

1 matches

Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
n ye heid doon tae tak up the throne ae the sudrons? on page 12

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
White on a throne or gairdit oot o sicht on page 32

1 matches

West Central

Ellet, Tom Lallans 104 - Smirr, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
Heiven an straucht up tae the throne o the Lord God, whaur he stui on page 21

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ards (briefly) on the British throne, in 1910 an 1936 (no a lucky on page 43
richt tae the throne o Scotland due tae his brakki on page 44

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
whar yi sit on yir throne on page 36

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n King Alexander 1 wis on the throne there wis a fair bit o fechti on page 19
nce but the claimants tae the throne were that eager tae push thei on page 22
ry an get his pal back on the throne. on page 117

3 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
n’ tak’ back oor King’s throne !” Aye, richt, as if we’d
but southern throne , was his demand,
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A sit on throne - like mountain,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
or the Dark Lord, on his dark throne ,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Bit in the he'rts o' the throne ,
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
o Herts wir seatit oan their throne when they goat there, wae a h on page 106

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ueen Victoria, sittin oan her throne , aw stern faced lookin, sits
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
r, on his restoration tae the throne, he brak his word, drove oot on page 51
nge, were invitit tae tak the Throne o Scotland an England - on a on page 62
the throne. King George, they caad him - on page 72

3 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
an ermine, he wis setten on a throne that wis baith hamely an maje on page 36

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
Catholic Queen Mary tint her throne in 1567 an therefter kings an on page 40

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
t was her that sat aboot on a throne aa day wi a lang bonny white on page 120

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
"His ee's on the throne, I'm tellin ye," on page 23
Then side-bi-side, on the throne ti sit on page 29

2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ived, they were led intae the throne room, whaur the haill coort w
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Queen Mary wis gart demit her throne in 1567 Scotland wis tore in
is brither Chairles II on the throne . But Jeems haed turnt a Catho
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
James hud left his throne aifter life got a tad difficu
ecided him tae try an git his throne back.

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
n o Hairts were sat oan their throne when they arrived, wi a fair on page 107

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
n o Hairts wur sittin on thir throne whin they arrived, wi a big c on page 108

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
New king sits upain tha throne on page 15

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
bi heiven, fer ït ïs God's throne; or bi tha irth, fer ït ïs on page 6
God. An God wull gie hïm tha throne o hïs forefaither Davit, an on page 70

2 matches