A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

aik Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.8 9.6 61.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences6119 41 0 0 1 0
Number of authors14 10 3 1

Occurrences of aik in Corpus

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Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The seventh has braw aik tables an chairs; on page 30

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The quickest lad loupit up an aik on page 33

2 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 58 - The Rooks, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Bot, sancts o hevin, at aik's hie tap. on page 112

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Aik aipples owre aw braes in bloo on page 38
wee dods o aik Ah've brocht doon aff knowes, on page 61
Ah maun seem as a birk or aik on page 69

3 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
boued in his chair ahint the aik desk forenent him. The meenis on page 41

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ere and there on either side, aik and plane and rowan, and noo on page 175
nd lang broon girse. A muckle aik tree stood owershadowin the h on page 178

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
kin for Totue at the tap o an aik-tree or in the petal o a yell on page 35
sae it can growe up intae an aik-tree, and hae hunners o hayco on page 54
brainch tae brainch o a young aik-tree? Wrang. Waitin.on somebo on page 90

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
p frae the grun lik a michtie aik he wes seilent fur a wie. Bar on page 46

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
throu a braw growthe o native aik, birk, hizzel an esh. Efter t on page 65

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
e uisin as a poutrie-rie. The aik pannelled dennerin ruin bene
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
re wis a lawn lined wi common aik trees. It wis reasonablie wee
oth the wurds tae hissel. The aik trees led tae the European be
ves sittin in the shade o the aik trees while thair claes dried
3 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
er aince mair derker nor moss aik the cluds ma haun muives swit on page 3

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
sea. Ma hero's wis lad's lyke Aik Don. Jim Don an oncy lad et o on page 1
enstructien's fac hee's da, "Aik Don" nay tae on page 12
sumbudee roart doon, "Hayr's Aik Don cummen," aat's aw eit noa on page 13
meyn i.e. The skipper weiss, "Aik Don", An thi croo weis "Aleck on page 19
landit en eih market fitiver. Aik an Aleckie turnt up tae lan t on page 20
Also on pages 29, 30, 31, 32, 37
33 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
aneth the cweelin bough o an aik, raxxin ower the dyke in Kilr
wpit doon on a steel at a sma aik table ower bi the windae, Eng
norlan pole, the bough o the aik that merkit the green aff fra
drach tae choose ain, a stoot aik kist. Sam Mathers the jyner w
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
roon the chaumer. The inn hid aik-panelled waas, wi low ceilins
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
onnie lassie craw in the auld aik tree the hoolet bedd in, bit
e Cat’s wee hoose aneth the aik. Kirsty didna hear Suzy the S
2 matches

Southern

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