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The word 'eik'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eikOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus299317
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 43.5 17 4
WCE - West Central 23 5 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 34.7 26 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 506 36 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 90.8 5 1

Occurrences of eik in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
caa'd doun tae mak scowth for eik-ons tae the Sooth Hoose - ti
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Suid we no sterve, an eik mair banes ti banes? on page 41

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
The driftin leaves an flushes eik up dips on page 58

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ge Dictionaries wi siller tae eik aw the new Scots words intae
Fowk that wants tae eik thair ain baw-bee's worth tae
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
o aw ages. Whit for no juist eik it tae yer leet for thon dinn
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
whaur nae doot the bairns wad eik tae thair Scots vocabular an
r an aiblins the teachers wad eik tae thair ain comfort an conf
2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ti eik a chairge o colloguein wi acc
fashed, an tuik the chance ti eik
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
t the best wey for a body tae eik tae thair ain vocabular in on
ior form o English as weel as eik mair Scots words tae thair vo
n the mithers an faithers can eik tae thair Scots vocabulars, t
cots speaker is mair like tae eik tae his vocabular gin he's fo
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
es. Local language plans will eik tae the meisure o uphaud atho
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
rt, but it's ettilt an aw tae eik in Gaelic alang wi texts frae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
hrou the schuil clesses, thay eik thair uiss o the leids intae
s the wabsteid, is ettlin tae eik Russian an Japanese an aw. Th
2 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
this is the case, (an he wad eik that mebbies no aw the trens on page 3

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
ynoch gies us a braw poem (ti eik til his prose piece) in 'Simm on page 5

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
ivars wha ir writin ti gie an eik til a mair mukkil projeck, bu on page 116

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
but Fleming brings a byordnar eik o's awn, an, frithat, it's ju on page 136
This buik, anither praicious eik til the Stirlin / South Carol on page 137

2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
thai maun prevele." He didna eik on the conter, at gif the Pec on page 46

1 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
’s mony innovations wis tae eik vertical lines o text tae mer
1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Eik 1: Recommendit reading on page 3
* eik an - s for tae mak a third-pe on page 21
maist nouns plural in Scots, eik - s, or - es if the word ends on page 26
takkin tent that while ye can eik Scots words tae yer word proc on page 40
Eik 1: Recommendit reading on page 57
Also on pages 62, 64
14 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Frae storm, sin he is deid an eik oor peace. on page 26
The driftin leaves an flushes eik up dips on page 74

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
hauds the ettles o makars tae eik till its letter-huird bude ke on page 50

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
sypes wi Border culture, frae eik-names lik 'Dave the Lady Arms on page 127

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ordnar, an shuid be a walcome eik til oor knawledge. This gaith on page 132

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
cal heize, an at the hinneren eik tae its staunin in the warld. on page 121

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
t beiss an plants as juist an eik til Jock Tamson’s bairns at
ecological juistice. It is an eik til existin nories aboot huma
2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
eity o Detroit at gaes bi the eik-nem “Pole Town”, an at th
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Eik oot the reenge o linguistic f
a haes the mense o ettlin tae eik oot the rax o Scots tae undil
2 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Tae Ilka Scots Makar an Scriever, (twitter.com 2022) Central, poetry
An eik yer ain eldin tae mak it low
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
aur he leirit the Swahili, to eik ti the Latin and Greek he’d
1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
Tae eik til respeck fur tha Ulstèr-S on page 3
Tae eik til tha likelie o throu-beari on page 4
rdèr a bodie's crouseness an eik til thair cultùral tholin. on page 10
wur leukkin tae implyment an eik til tha thirlins gien til Uls on page 12
Ettlin 1: Tae eik til respeck fur tha Ulstèr-S on page 19
Also on pages 20, 21, 26, 28, 29, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 46, 47, 48, 52, 54, 58
36 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
be fit tae sen ye a Hoosehaud Eik Foarm.
l o us tae ax fur yin or mair Eik Speirin Foarms.
get tha houl o us tae get an Eik Speirin Foarm.
t tha houl o us tae ax fur an Eik Speirin Foarm.
an 0800 328 2021 tae ax fur a Eik Speirin Foarm
5 matches

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