A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of struck in Corpus

Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
his swuird like a snake that struck wi deidly precision, takkin a on page 59

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Aw ma pals ir star-struck as they look at the two nices on page 29

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
his horses intae the melee an struck sic fear intae the troopers t on page 37
kink-hoast an smallpox, that struck doun stervin folk waikened by on page 63

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
shoosh!' she said as midnicht struck. on page 8

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
er our king was dead A terror struck the nation, on page 6

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
g that did leave me a bit awe struck at the time wis the fact That on page 88
ressin broon envelope. Suttin struck me though, as he passed the l on page 116
ve goat tae admit ah'm alweys struck wae how grand this buildin lo on page 121

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Then suddenly he struck again. Mibbe his day at the g on page 32

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he first blow fer freedom wis struck in Dundee. on page 24

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wha aye struck gowd when ah wis left wae bro on page 128

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
her heart and tormented her" struck a strang cord wi us, an haes on page 58

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
ined virr afore his lest hour struck on page 15

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
uiden hoosie an scrievit whit struck him maist on page 8

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Balfour: Struck throuch the breistplate. on page 35

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
-box, and the verra meenit he struck a spairk fae its steel, the d on page 39
pulled oot his tindel-box and struck it, as if tae licht up his Ya on page 47

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Robertson, James The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Lassie in the Snaw, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
Then...the wee lassie struck yin o her matches. Scart! on page 51
She struck anither match. Scart! on page 52
"She struck aw thae matches tryin tae kee on page 55

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
which struck Donald Ban stane deid. on page 51
'She wis perhaps struck on page 65

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
blins a sma asteroid – haed struck the planet, but naebody haed
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
sbet, wi twa-three ithers wis struck wi a byordnar object in the l
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Anither thing that struck me seein the plays in their �
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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
rly up lassie, fur ye must be struck fae this earth. Ye cannae esc
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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
me up. Stewart's "heid like a struck bell, wi the shapes and soond
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Mind, whit really struck me fu square efter leavin the
he pieces, ma heid wis like a struck bell, wi the shapes and soond
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ridge we couldnae help but be struck by the unsurpassable beauty o
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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
er. The hammer sprang furrit, struck an’ the flint sparked, the
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
An then he struck again. Ah cudnae believe it.
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
g against the ropes. Once she struck the match Freddie Maxwell did
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
el’ yin o’ the same. This struck a chord wi’ me. A apologise
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
rd o’ the Wing” afore. It struck me that the numbers coincided
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
past, he judged his moment an struck the lad, no haurd, on the lef
“Precisely.” He struck a macho pose, thrustin oot hi
y. “I feel like I’ve been struck deaf and dumb,” he
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Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
a storm. The puir lassie git struck by lightning, struck doon dei
by lightning, struck doon deid. When they fun her,
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
lightnin struck and a shiver ran up Jim’s s
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Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
ken why, but the impulse jist struck me. Ah'm clean, n when ah am,
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Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ten soon et ye wid ken fin he struck a fish. Fin aty rippet fae a on page 3
n's Sundae Sqweel, an fin aye struck aat match an fyrt up thi till on page 7
de, Bit hem still looken aift struck eis we ass muckle foarse hee' on page 17

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the Bus Ah Wint a Wee Wee wis struck up jist es the spewins spleet on page 20

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Ah wis struck by the silence on page 14
struck up a conversation. on page 17

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
ma bed I ken I'waa clock has struck ten Am noo I'm tryin nae tae on page 146

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Joost at iss meenad her heid struck against e roof o e hall: in f on page 16
w underneath her chin: id hed struck her foot! on page 49

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
her, ye ken, an the lichtenin struck the door an vanished. Aabody on page 51

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
lf wye hame he keeled ower an struck his face on a railin. Ere wis
Weel Cupid an his bow an arra struck fin Jake wis a young gamie. H
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
nie wis quate as a moose noo, struck dumb bi the verra thocht o th
n the mids o the snaabaa that struck her last. Then, she heard a s
ae a sowel could sing till he struck the tunin fork an led them, h
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
tick like a racin hairt as it struck the oors. Midnicht wis passed
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
it wis only moments later she struck up a heatit argument with her
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
fae ahin a cloud. The linties struck up their sang an the midgies
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
gh her hairt again as reality struck her. She gasped wi the pain a
tched. In the event the clock struck midnicht as the middle cannel
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
intae a home. The church bell struck ten so wi a wee groan Mabel s
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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
n Vera Butler heard this, hid struck her that the weemen accused o on page 34

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The final blow wis struck bi Peps - a hero in me eyes. on page 13
a duster since the day I wis struck doon. on page 25

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Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
He worked long oors, and soon struck rock; the kind o stuff we caa
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Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
tory floor. Instantly, Ah’m struck by the impeccable sense o cle
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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
! The neck o him! But then it struck Mr Dursley that this wis like
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Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
a long time and Ah’m likely struck in the past, while wir langua

Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
e he could feenish, da corpse struck him doon wi a bolt o dark ene
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Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
is ower laet. Da seevint wave struck, da boat lifted up we hit an
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Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
. Finally, een o da big waves struck da ship an sent it under da w
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Southern

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
the story in the paper wad've struck a chord wi' a few folk that m
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Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
eved whut A toul ye, ye'll be struck dum an no be fït tae taak ta on page 69
im. The' wur weel plaised, an struck a dail wi hïm, tae gie hïm on page 106

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Grammar struck mae dumb, on page 35

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
T'wus Autumn day thut A struck oot on page 46
Tha tea wus ate whan A struck oot on page 47
Tha goat ait struck wi grievious pooer on page 48
Sae wi na choice agin struck oot, on page 50

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Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Tha clock struck yin on page 9

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Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
el mine the sale whun I first struck the dale, an'
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Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
It struck me that they all were white w
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