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Use in varieties of Scots

eft Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words35.6 1.5 0 0 5.8 0 486.8
Number of occurrences1143 0 0 1 0 110
Number of authors7 2 1 4

Occurrences of eft 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.

Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n quarter-day, when he wis in eft an seased as the heritable pr on page 48

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
(The Assays foir an eft is pairt o ma ain weird buik
the tyme the Bass Rok wes be-eft o’m thai wes sternit bi tha
2 matches

Shetland

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
r his shooder. Weel I took im eft tae da wheelhoose. Joannie, I
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A wunnér whut he's eftér noo? on page 44
is tha genération that Daes eftér him inquire. on page 70

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
An eftèr the' wur cairriet awa tae on page 1
t he dïdnae sleep wi hir til eftèr tha wean wus boarn. An he on page 2
pentit. But thair's yin cumin eftèr me that ïs michtier ner m on page 3
ïm be, an angels cum an lukt eftèr hïm. on page 4
no unnèrstan that he'll luk eftèr you anaa? Sae dïnnae fash on page 7
Also on pages 9, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 107, 108, 110, 112
81 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
uk thairsels aff tae Americae eftér tha Turn-oot in 17an98. on page 7
ul bitch, Meg, died, sae soon eftér Jeannie, Wullie hadnae tha on page 16
t oa sleep in tha airm-chair, eftér a guid feed. He wus wok up on page 17
s hunkers an caad oot tae it. Eftér a wee minnit, it cum ower on page 18
tha lan fur ithers whall cum eftér us. on page 22
Also on pages 23, 26, 27, 31
12 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
l tha set o tha thirlins gien eftèr tha 20an06 Greeance at St on page 1
Resydentèr Curn'. This cums eftèr greeances atween tha Brït on page 3
ht o Kïng Jamie Sïxt hissel eftèr tha Conjynin o tha Croons on page 7
2.6 Eftèr tha 20an06 Greeance at St on page 12
S) frae tha Cooncil o Euraip. Eftèr lannin wi'z in Septemmer 2 on page 15
Also on pages 31, 32, 35, 47
15 matches

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