Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'trailed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

trailed	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.4	18	13
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	26.2	8	4
MNB - Mid Northern B	111.9	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	5	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	2.6	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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	28.4	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of trailed in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Ye trailed the glowan knave o gress alon on page 62

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
He trailed his body up the stair Flyped on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ame. As the hauns o the clock trailed roon tae bell-time, Miss McFa
e his name. Insteid, he'd bin trailed back tae the clart an traucjh
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
eech-hole o a hoose she'd bin trailed up in, ye cudna blame the qui
Jed trailed ower, a rael naitral, aa rigg
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ive. Next Vulltums Croint wiz trailed awa fae his whores skirlin an
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
naebody wad be her frien. She trailed her yirdy trotters doon tae t
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
And aye their cryin voices trailed ahint them on the air (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern B

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
So a trailed ma feet roond the corridor. A
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ousin grabbit her airm an the trailed the fleggit lassie intae the on page 51

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
Trailed oot ti the van https://t.co/0(2020)

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
an souns an the sunnlicht, he trailed a luif i the wattir an dramed
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
primary school uniform on who trailed the streets after dark n bedt on page 38

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
llt wis a raccoon's tail that trailed doon the back o ma neck. Mair on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
I trailed out tae Crossgates tae tryst on page 123

1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
a,/And aye their cryin voices trailed ahint them on the air.." From(2018)

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An yer trailed doon tae the nick!! on page 14

1 matches