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50 occurrences of stey.
35 documents matching criteria (2.66% of corpus)
221,697 total words in matching documents (4.83% of corpus)
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| Cairtes in the Scots Leid | Kay, Billy | 709 | 1 | 1.41 | |
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... belang - on our national map. Tae the feck o the fowk that stey there, Jeddart hes never been Jedburgh, Glesca gey rarely ... |
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| Dipper: 08 - The Fishin Weedow | Begg, Dr James A | 892 | 1 | 1.12 | |
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... - an the hinmaist thing her man micht dae Gin he ettlt tae stey alive, Wad be daur suggest that she get up Tae mak his ... |
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| Dipper: 35 - Fair Cop | Begg, Dr James A | 2,228 | 1 | 0.45 | |
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... juist that. 'Richt, Surr!' bawled Wull. 'The gemm's up! Stey whaur ye are!' The puir fella, like a frichtit rabbit, ... |
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| Dipper: 50 - The Auld Jenny Heron | Begg, Dr James A | Audio | 684 | 1 | 1.46 |
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... wee treat Tae linger ower lang forenent her big feet. Stey still, haud a meenit, Auld Jenny's steirin, Neck set ... |
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| Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa | Forde, Iain W D | 27,001 | 2 | 0.07 | |
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... ti be hysted ontil the sorrit horss, an it stertit up the stey brae bi the burn-syde. Lik in a drame he hard the soun o ... ... he wes aye sair fundiet, an lik ti die, A thocht i wyce ti stey wi’m aw nicht. Bot A dovert ower an ma faither cam by i ... |
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| Halesome Farin' | Waddell, Mr John | 15,793 | 2 | 0.13 | |
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... star the less. Bit tho A marvelled at the sicht A couldnae stey an gawp aw nicht. Hameward A gaed, bit aften stood tae ... ... sailors droon. Forby, the sea's gey faur awa. A'll mebbe stey hame, efter aw." A Scottish Villanelle Tae write a truly ... |
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| Interview 05: John Law on the Scots language | N/A | Audio | 6,222 | 1 | 0.16 |
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... a// pronounced local accent and ye ye chynge the bit ye stey F785: Mm M055: eh then it disnae necessarily go ... |
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| Jade Lute | Purves, David | 7,581 | 2 | 0.26 | |
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... (803-852) VIEW FRAE THE HICHTS Ah sklim the cauld ben bi a stey gait up throu the craigs til ma wee bit biggin here abuin, ... ... shut steir, v, stir, move stern, n, star stert, v, start stey, v, stay stodge, v, stump stoiter, v, stagger stour, n, ... |
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| Joseph Knight (extract 2) [Content label: serious] | Robertson, James | 5,653 | 1 | 0.18 | |
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... the nicht in December, it’s plain madness, that’s aw. I’ll stey a minute, but could we no jist walk back tae your hame? ... |
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| Picters in yer heid | Fairnie, Robert | 2,174 | 1 | 0.46 | |
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... the war effort. Nae doot, if the kintra hid needit him tae stey awa fae the schuil for the hail duration o the war, ... |
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| Pompitie Finnds a Needle - play | Purves, David | 11,406 | 2 | 0.18 | |
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... at aw. Ah’m fair forfochen! Green Leaf: A stoot hert til a stey brae, Pompitie! A stoot hert til a stey brae! (Pompitie ... ... A stoot hert til a stey brae, Pompitie! A stoot hert til a stey brae! (Pompitie hurries on as best he can, for he is ... |
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| Refuge [Content label: serious] | Paisley, Janet | 22,040 | 6 | 0.27 | |
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... gear. Priorities, or whit? AGNES: Nae law says ye huv tae stey wi yer weans. SADIE: Laws tae say ye're mairried, but. ... ... HEAD ON HER ARMS, SOBBING. SADIE GOES TO HER) SADIE: Ye stey alive wan day at a time, Beth. Wan hour at a time. Minute ... ... oan whin ye want tae go oot. Tak them aff when ye want tae stey in. Afore ye ken whaur ye are, ye'll be nippin in an oot ... ... hours? AGNES: Mibbe they'll be a worker free tae come an stey? SADIE: Aye. An she'll be six feet twelve an armed tae the ... ... right. Won't it, Agnes? AGNES: Course it will. Long as we stey in here an keep that door shut. (TO BETH) Wheesht, lassie. ... |
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| Scots Extended Grammar Essay 1 | Lawson, Robert | 2,786 | 1 | 0.36 | |
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... – be allowed to." (Görlach, 2002:107) Ensaumple 13 Kin I stey oot the nicht Maw? Kin we hae some siller please? ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 111 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,503 | 1 | 0.40 | |
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... sum truith in this (tho mony o thaim that eat a puir diet stey in schemes wi nae shops or dinna hae guid facilities for ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 115 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,413 | 1 | 0.41 | |
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... get on fine. An that is where the story ends, So ah'll stey freends And you'll stay friends! [NOTE: a drawing here in ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 116 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,699 | 1 | 0.37 | |
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... gree. Howanever, wyce Jupiter concludes that things shuid stey the wey they are, mindin awbody they are aw Jock Tamson's ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 123 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,259 | 1 | 0.44 | |
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... The distant hum o worken bees. This is a place Ah fain wad stey Bit onwards oo maun press oor wey. So upwards on the ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 124 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,538 | 1 | 0.39 | |
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... lost their wey When they landit in France an decided tae stey.) Sae that added French whuch was spoke wi decorum Intae ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 137 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,511 | 1 | 0.40 | |
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... Neuk BRUCE AT BANNOCKBURN SPEIRS GIN HIS MEN WANTS TAE STEY AN FECHT OR NO 'Lordingis, we aucht to love and luff ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 138 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,290 | 1 | 0.44 | |
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... Neuk BRUCE AT BANNOCKBURN SPEIRS GIN HIS MEN WANTS TAE STEY AN FECHT OR NO The same text frae John Barbour as lest ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 159 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,479 | 1 | 0.40 | |
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... lost their wey When they landit in France an decided tae stey.) Sae that added French whuch was spoke wi decorum Intae ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 166 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,498 | 1 | 0.40 | |
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... Joun, Trauchlin the causies o Dunfermline toun, Pechtin up stey braes in search o Henrysoun. King Boab ligs hertless in ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 43 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,132 | 1 | 0.47 | |
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... Scots Leid Doon the Thrapples o the Estaiblishment. The stey brae we'v aw been traivellin his jist taen a wee turn for ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 54 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,686 | 1 | 0.37 | |
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... freens an relations. We maun aw pit a stoot hert tae a stey brae. Ding doon oor ain Scots Creenge an aiblins the ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 58 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,396 | 1 | 0.42 | |
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... Scots language haes makit no bad heid-wey alang its ain stey gate tae acceppins bi the estaiblishment, eddication an ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 70 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,337 | 1 | 0.43 | |
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... afore this saison's gemms. He's weel mendit noo efter his stey in Priory Clinic, tho fans is tellt no tae cry him nems or ... |
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| Scots Tung Wittins 76 | Fairnie, Robert | 2,310 | 1 | 0.43 | |
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... set tae be breardit in the summer, leuks mair like tae stey the coorse. This new magazine will hae the better o the ... |
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| The Borth’ick Waitter | Rodger, Matt | 21,032 | 2 | 0.10 | |
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... hevin tae sklimb saiveral tymes ae day; up an doon yon stey brae face, tae sei til the horse. A read i the Borth’ick ... ... intil anither dwallin hoose ca’d Eildrig. Marcie, whit ae stey brae it wur n’; frae the Elrig bike shed, on the side o ... |
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| The Buik o Ruth: 14 - Anent the Buik o Ruth | Borrowman, A S | 620 | 1 | 1.61 | |
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... by-ordinar fowk. Ezra and his feres pit stout herts tae a stey brae and walit for their dicton, 'Oursels alane'; nae ... |
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| The Fanatic (extract 2) | Robertson, James | 8,234 | 1 | 0.12 | |
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... no aboot folk that helped and bieldit me. But I didna stey lang in Edinburgh, I’ll say that. It wasna safe. Ma face ... |
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| The Fanatic (extract 3) [Content label: serious] | Robertson, James | 4,519 | 6 | 1.33 | |
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... Ye learnt early no tae hing aboot, tae keep flittin, tae stey at the edge o things. Grannies clocked ye starin at them ... ... an office for the simmer, tedious clerical work. Ye could stey on in the hoose, save some money. Ye had guid results – ye ... ... at me and said, if I did the postgrad thing, I could stey on in the hoose, as lang as I wantit. She said she’d miss ... ... He could crush me like a slater. I couldna win. I couldna stey in that hoose whitiver happened, no eftir whit had been ... ... ‘And then?’ ‘Then I calmed doon a bit. I didna need tae stey. I could get oot right then and there. The next mornin I ... |
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| The New Mannie | Niven, Liz | 363 | 1 | 2.75 | |
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... soon- a week in New York wi her pals fae the toon. Will A stey at hame wi the wean fir the week? A wisnae too sure if ... |
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| The Puddock and the Princess | Purves, David | 19,521 | 1 | 0.05 | |
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... Morag) Nounae, Nounae, we maun pit a stoot hert til a stey brae! (She pouts) Here, gie yeir Mammie a kiss! (Morag ... |
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| The Storie o Caermoulis | Purves, David | 1,779 | 1 | 0.56 | |
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... an she held up the swatches o claith. “Syne Ah gaed doun a stey stair frae the kitchen an fand masell up ti the knees in ... |
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| The Thrie Sisters | Purves, David | 26,409 | 1 | 0.04 | |
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... problem is oor puir Masha. OLGA: Howt, Masha can cum an stey the haill simmer wi us everie year we ir in Moscow! (MASHA ... |
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