A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'scrat'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of scrat in Corpus

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ither, fin aa ye needit wis a scrat o the pen on an invoice, an b
wer its gowd-edged pages, the scrat o Matty's pen as he screived
n, gettin eesed again tae the scrat o the roch knittit knickers t
doon her heid fur Minnie tae scrat her neck. An sae began Minnie
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hauns. He did little else bit scrat oot a fyew bars on his fiddle
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
adee there,” he’d say, an scrat his heid. “We’d better ta
Gurr the Tyke an Scrat the Kittlin sat at opposite e
fin anither stooshie sterted. Scrat the Kittlin lowpit up inno Mi
“Winna,” quo Scrat, dichtin her silky paws wi he
the Tyke lowpit fur Scrat’s tail, bit the kittlin bre
13 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
een aback, he gaed his heid a scrat an said, "I suppose I cood".
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Scrat my heid, think o rain an o sn
Stan an look I div scrat my broo,
Dry bit I div hae tae scrat my broo,
Scrat the heid an winner fit wye,
Scrat the heid, wid it rain or nae?
6 matches

General Central

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)