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The word 'craik'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
craikOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.23911
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 336.9 27 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of craik in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
anither, till wi an almichty craik the magpie tore the corbie cl
1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
@shunad Good craik(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
der-cocks upby, ye hear thaim craik; on page 14

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
An oorie craik is haurd on page 39

1 matches

General Central

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Hame tae Dunbar Harbour, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
ilka kittiwake craik conjures anither memory, on page 41

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
wis than the brig stertit tae craik. No a lood craik, bit a uncan on page 24

3 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
hap, chap! A scraich ootby, a craik o hinges. I heeze masel, slaw on page 50

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ard gied the maist frichtsome craik and they aw jouked doon, wait on page 39

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Craik Ferm. This ferm ligs juist do
ooses on this ferm, Meadshaw, Craik Faulds, whilk hes been ae ric
r, ay, mebbies 50 yeir nou an Craik Sheil, wheech nou A’m telt,
anither rickle o stanes. Ay, Craik Sheil wis the Craik ferm ootb
Sheil wis the Craik ferm ootbye herdin, whilk stu
27 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The auld banes craik even on page 53

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
A hear the craik on page 46

1 matches

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