Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'weil'

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Use in varieties of Scots

weil	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	46.4	154	18
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	21	2	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	12.9	5	1
WCE - West Central	71	16	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	5	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	42.7	4	1
LAL - General Central	76.2	58	8
SEA - South East (Borders)	775.1	64	2
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 weil 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.

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ive yersel noo," "Ov coarse a weil Jock, fan div a nay!!" eis Jo on page 31
thi curten's o thi caravaan. Weil, aifter hauf an oor thi chuck on page 33

2 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e throwt. A kent tae that the weil-fesst-up bairn wad noo tak af on page 56

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
is canty disposeetion was sae weil foondit aat day, for, as he h on page 30

1 matches

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
i saicont year, sae it didna weil dae tae be thinkin ower lang on page 84
tter. Mr Gowanlock wesna awfu weil-faured on the sense o humour on page 85
d an awfu feelin it wadna enn weil: on page 87
"Weil..." said Murray, "A'm no shui on page 88

5 matches

West Central

Aitken, Jim Lallans 104 - A Pauchle o Thochts oan the Middle Aist, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
o the commies in Afghanistan. Weil we did get rid o the commies on page 23
t tae nationalise aw the eil. Weil, we couldnae hae that cos it on page 24
e for Jews wis tae be set up. Weil, that's no happened. The Isra on page 25

3 matches

@annieones tweeted
AnneMcLaughlin @meldrewmoment Weil hen a live in central Scotlan (2021) twitter link
rton @dog_shelf @Lenniesaurus Weil, ive never heard the wurd waa (2021) twitter link
975 @MizLiot @Lenniesaurus ?? Weil, that jist shows ye how lang (2021) twitter link
tson18 @TrudePerkins @MizLiot Weil, dinnae be readin a bible, it (2021) twitter link
t Heard ye, ye wur brilliant! Weil done, enjoyed listening tae y (2021) twitter link
and 8 other occurrences.

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Ach weil! on page 98

1 matches

Glasgow

@johnstone_shane tweeted
y, aye means a loat. Hope yir weil! (2020) twitter link

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Mair Licht, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
weil - on his daith bed
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
weil came
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Hush Nou, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
ay- I ken him far tae weil
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part II, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
a wan eed dug cud draw as weil as thon
1 matches

General Central

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
And a pudden supper, sauted weil, is on page 55

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
c as John Duns Scotus, an the weil-kent MacBeth faimly forby. Th on page 110

10 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Cain, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The Lord wes nae weil plaes't. on page 72

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
k is baith the student an the weil-lared reader. on page 129
ctionary serred this screivar weil as a student, throu coverin f on page 130
subjecks at haun. The buik is weil-sindert in its ettle o compar on page 131
nts of Scotland, but thay gae weil thegither. The buik daesna te on page 132

8 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
git fowk is aye tae the fore, weil thirlt til Inglis an gauin a on page 121

6 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
nae lang efter in Scotlan as weil. It providit - an provides - on page 56

6 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
u the medium o Gaelic. We ken weil thit Sabhal Mòr Ostaig hauds
ulatit. This commitment micht weil tae see questions aboot enter
kennin repones tae thon micht weil get pitten forret whan splori
ion an scrutiny o services as weil as giein independent, expert
n expertise o groups thit are weil steidit an gettin support. Fo
6 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
weil , they're different,
Weil , ye wid.
caipture weil ,
Weil ,
4 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
egend tae the hale community. Weil duin! ?? https://t.co/Cvda96b(2019)
r aboot fower year, yer daein weil! https://t.co/qMniinMWpG(2020)
gan @Summerhallery Well done, weil duin! x(2019)
@Historic_Ally Weil duin, Ally!(2018)

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
sscot @billykayscot Aye, it's weil kent as a sang o pairtin. Ent(2018)
that ye cuid dae sic a thing? Weil duin, chiels!(2017)
d17 @AlexSalmond @ScottishSun Weil duin, chiel! It's shair tae b(2017)
@TippermuirBooks Aye, and weil deservit tae! There's a wheen(2020)
wa oor tickets as ma man's no weil. A sair fecht!(2019)
and 6 other occurrences.

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
eet ower in hur ain mind (as weil as she could, as th bilin day on page 7
"Weil!" thocht Ahlice tae hersel. " on page 9
lt oot aw fancy in currants. "Weil, Ah'll eat eet," said Ahlice, on page 14
e lassie lik yow," (she micht weil say this), "tae gaun oan gree on page 16
"Weil, perhaps no," said Ahlice in on page 21
Also on pages 25, 26, 36, 37, 38, 41, 43, 44, 49, 51, 52, 57, 58, 61, 63, 64, 68, 69, 71, 75, 77, 84, 87, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95, 97, 103, 104, 107, 108, 112, 114, 117, 122, 123
56 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ns an saiveral ither wurds is weil .
fur tap jobs i Scotland; cuid weil hev tae hae guid academic qua
hirsel. Weil A mynd on the auld byre/stabl
Weil A mynd on thum leevin i the c
i Hawick. A think Wullie wis weil intil his 90’s whan hei dey
8 matches

General Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
acause Dot haed a caur. Scho weil minded Conor axin, “whit we
1 matches