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The word 'seeks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
seeksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22315
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of seeks in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Higgie the Codd seeks expert advice on page 56

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Solomon seeks Sense on page 25
ou vimmer an winder. Wha-ivir seeks da Loard dat day 'll be saved on page 17
r dis is da very thing dat he seeks fae iviry wan o wis. An dunna on page 169

3 matches

Williamson, Christie Böd, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
at seeks new life
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
all aspects of country life, seeks male, thirty-five to forty (p on page 52

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Iss wye, we'll dee aa att God seeks fae hiz." An sae Jock teuk wi on page 9
speirs, gets, an ilka een att seeks, fins an tae e chiel att knoc on page 15
. Myn on Lot's wife. Faaivver seeks tae on page 109

4 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
omain the king rides out, And seeks a lonely cell on page 3
He seeks a stane, weill-kent in youth, on page 10

3 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
al hoond wins hame forby. She seeks him oot an o coorse finnds hi on page 137
he efter rues hir sairness an seeks him oot. At the hinnerenn, th on page 138

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ernment. Onie time oniebuddie seeks tae say somethin aboot it, th on page 122

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an onywan wha seeks tae fend him on page 45

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Nae man seeks oot ma doorstane. on page 17

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Or seeks tae cause me muckle pain on page 105

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ou Scots the day. Raither, it seeks tae gie a pree o a wheen Scot on page 34

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
36. This Inquiry seeks tae tak in the leids o Scotla
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
weird labyrinthine quest. He seeks a film star, a sang fae his p on page 87

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ull be gien tae, an hïm that seeks wull fin, an tae hïm that kn on page 89

1 matches

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