A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

howk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.3 28.7 17.6 0 0 10.9 0
Number of occurrences6654 11 0 0 1 0
Number of authors35 27 7 1

Occurrences of howk 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

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
howk oot ilka baobab strecht awa, on page 24

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Ah'll howk it oot wi ma beak richt away. on page 31

1 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
tae howk ower a cley bit grund. on page 61

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Birl an howk an fling them in on page 77

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Ah micht even howk doon intae natural history an on page 3

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
hoosie, and Mr Baffie had tae howk a path oot o the snaw fae the on page 45
ae limit - sae lang as I can howk it and hollow it oot.' on page 72

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
breakfast. But if she had tae howk cornflakes oot the bottom o a on page 23

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
hungert fields wi nuthin tae howk, on page 99
e timorsome ye've tae gang an howk a hole in some field an bury on page 105

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
e shut. Lit me see whit A cin howk oot fir ye. Me? Och - no sae on page 2

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
leigioun is ti be fand gin ye howk about. Maist o aw, tho, the w on page 25

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ot here waitin on that. Let's howk him oot.' on page 14
'A tod can howk quicker than a man!" skraiked on page 18
Tod. 'And mechanical shools! Howk for yer lives! Howk, bowk, ho on page 23
motors and makkin the shools howk awa at a rare skelp. Boggin t on page 27
his fower bairns stertit tae howk yince mair. The darg gaed muc on page 37
Also on pages 44, 45, 447, 49
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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
nt tae the cairdboard box tae howk oot some hauf-decent claes. K on page 101

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
howk up the ancient deid on page 46

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Craigdulleart, an miners tae howk coal frae the pits on Grieve on page 17

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Hershaw, William Lallans 57 - Twa Auld Men, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
t is aa they will hae as they howk and delve and shovel till the on page 136

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McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
chawed me tae howk deep fur pleesure. on page 63

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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Sloth, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
hooglin around oan a twa-taed howk fur food,
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
educatioun depairtments coud howk intae the potential for provi
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
an scrubbles an can stop tae howk ower the syllables insteed o
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
howk up aw the fluir, the jeists,
voss in hiz lug, “whyle we howk ye
2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s news an forums whaur ye can howk oot an speir ocht ye micht wa
e’s twa steids whaur ye can howk oot mair anent a scientific e
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
oter (fouter), hallion, hoke (howk), oxter, scunder (seeminly hy
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
fur compost, an howk up the root!
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
he local kirkyairds. They’d howk them oot, dicht them aff, tha
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
wantit tae yaise the NHS tae howk doon the guid repute o the Sc
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t she has tae bear burdens an howk in
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Muckle Michty Neep, (self-published 2021) Central, poetry
It’s time tae howk yon neep at last!’
I need mair help tae howk it oot.’
2 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
I howk it oot; it’s his auld widde
1 matches

Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
Or why no hae a howk through yer early memories o
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
cottish Executive is gaun tae howk up tae keep the leid oot o th
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Howk oot a stank wi an eichty-fit
1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
un ower tae the coal-cowp tae howk a sec o coal for ma mither's on page 99

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
'An howk up yir fiedles for gowff.' on page 35

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Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - My Faither's Fowk, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
lexical invaders, sint tae howk on page 38

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ething wad dae but A haed tae howk it oot an pit it in the narre on page 88
ye ken, it wasna aat easy tae howk oot.' A haed tae gyang doon o on page 89

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ar, A wis fell pleast tee tae howk oot owersettins for th’ Eng
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
detector’s beeping fast. I howk at the grun, uprooting the ea
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
. Bit A hinnae the fushin tae howk a neep this year. Nae prood o(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
doup an dinna care fa sees ye howk yer erse! https://t.co/FehJVx(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
iday? I've got some neeps to howk first(2020) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Nou thay wul hae ti howk deep doun.
1 matches

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