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Use in varieties of Scots

lok Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.7 0.5 0 49.7 325.5 0 8.8
Number of occurrences641 0 5 56 0 2
Number of authors13 1 4 6 2

Occurrences of lok 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

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
clam in an pit the kie i the lok o’z
1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
"Thir wis a lok o coos an thir calves 1 the f on page 20
excuse accepted, hids cheus a lok o rot on page 87

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ame. He wis sure there were a lok o folk called Potter who haed
1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
evlan is by wae an wur seen a lok o new words and phrases. Than

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
Whin they hed gotten a lok o' tang teen ap an skailed on
1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
war, da fedder, Isaac, med a lok o Esau - an da midder, Rebek on page 11
Efter a lok o budder da Hebrew fock final on page 15
Moses cam wi a lok o rules ta mak sure dat dey d on page 16
Dey pat a lok o armour on David bit he cood on page 24
A Lok o Budder on page 27
Also on pages 49, 59, 72, 93, 103, 106, 111, 121, 123, 129, 139, 17, 166
21 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
A lok o wirds on page 27

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Norn (extinct) an Scots, wi a lok o Dutch an Low German bits it on page 7
(Lowlands Scots), alang wi a lok o idders. Examples whaar da n on page 8
age variety at cam firnenst a lok o idder eens richt trowe it's on page 9
comes fae Norn an Scots, wi a lok o influence fae da Low German on page 12
ging. An aboot 400 AD de'r a lok o fokk flittin aa aroon Europ on page 13
Also on pages 14, 15, 19, 36, 49, 51, 61, 65, 75, 79, 80, 90, 94, 98, 106
23 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
a you! I better go noo! Der a lok ta dö! See you agyen!’
We wir laid oot a lok a coles ta get a gliss afore
2 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
astern Europe. Dis maks StE a lok mair unkan as Shætlan fir di

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
picnics, plenty o yarns an a lok o herd wark dey hed dem aa bi
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
o wir paece an quiet an got a lok o wark trowe wir claas afore
“Du’s learnt a lok,” gaffed Meenie.
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ower da winter. An dere’s a lok less creepy craalies tae aet
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
geng tae da Nort Pole laek a lok of fokk tink. Dere’s nae re
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
An whit a lok has geen on in 2008. You’re
1 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
u Chiu shicken. You can git a lok o dis saaces wi ony kind o fl
1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
k da poor waddir at we haed a lok o da time. But da main thing
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
tae hir dial, wi that puzzelt lok that shae cudnae stap hirsel on page 82

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
It's got a lok o' wee clocks an' switches on page 26

1 matches

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