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Use in varieties of Scots

wauk Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.9 11.2 35.2 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences4321 22 0 0 0 0
Number of authors18 14 4

Occurrences of wauk in Corpus

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Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Ah wauk afore ilka trauchelt daw. on page 71

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Ay, Archie. Wauk up! Dinnae gaun tae sleep yit on page 24

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'We ken hoo tae mak ye wauk up in the mornin wi a lang ta on page 10

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
e soonds comin oot o hit coud wauk up the deid! on page 18

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
fur it wes waarm an A wes ti wauk in ma weskit), a gryte laif o on page 6

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'Wauk up!' he yelloched. "They're h on page 16

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
use can bield tho switchbells wauk, on page 32
Tae wauk the warld frae apathy on page 60

2 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
s were taen awa, he tried tae wauk twa-three unsiccar steps atho on page 8

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
If ye gie't a fleg as ye wauk the wids
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
, bumbazed, the man begoud ti wauk by thaim ti
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
aet places whaur yir mind can wauk itsel tae whit it really want
1 matches

Valentine, Lynn Thi Loast Bairn, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Arbroath, poetry
ir ir meenits ma dochter wull wauk mi
1 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
gait, sometime thir fowk sall wauk their wits wi the new evidenc
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Sum hae been sayin this is a wauk-up caw tae the SNP, an wull p
k maist pairties wad accept a wauk-up caw that leaves thaim i po
2 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
‘A took a wauk ootside the gairden the ither
1 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
Moa wauk tae mooin. She happit her bla
uise me. Did ma dundering cag wauk ye?"
ed her. "Sun's risin, time ye wauk."
3 matches

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
weel, fan the auld wifie wid wauk oot the kye park, straicht th on page 84

2 matches

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
en. Her mither wid come for a wauk wi them in these bonny gairde on page 14
gairden. Her Grunny eesed tae wauk aa the wye tae Thainstane Hoo on page 15
because if he wis gaun for a wauk, it musta been an affa lang e on page 16

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Overheard at Wetherspoons, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
We canna wauk awa frae oor kids on page 32

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
r a big loon, ye’ll hae tae wauk miles an miles tae anither sc
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Fowk wauk ahoot withoot a care.
Jonsar Eck went awa for a wauk, alang Duncan Brae. He couldn
twice ower. Fin the sponsored wauk wis held, far should Ronald b
It wis a fortnicht efter the wauk or Ronald appeared hame. "Oh
I'll dee the wauk, bit I'll need some help." He
8 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
owser that needit a stick tae wauk. An da's mowser's broon, Bets
in. His feet war destined tae wauk at the tail o the ploo at the
ll Minnie wis auld eneuch tae wauk, an toddle ower tae the chest
ock fermhoose, he'd anely tae wauk nbeist door. Dod Mathieson's
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
lkie shoppie door, far even a wauk tae the food-dispenser at the
Sae Jed an Brian gaed fur a wauk bi the beach, throwe the crac
aitter foo auld ye are. I wad wauk throwe fire an flood afore I'
3 matches

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