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Use in varieties of Scots

brook Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 0.5 1.5 0 110.4 0 4.4
Number of occurrences221 1 0 19 0 1
Number of authors7 1 1 4 1

Occurrences of brook in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I'll brook nae mair criticism. on page 32

1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Fan the wird brook oot - freens he'd nae seen f on page 15

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
im as far as dey wid geng, an brook aff a coarn o da aedge wi eve on page 52
Da Hat-makker brook braeth first. "Whit day o da on page 70
Da Hat-makker brook in: "I want a clean cup; lat on page 75
"I never said I didna!" Alice brook in. on page 97
ch aboot lessons," da Gryphon brook in, as if dat wis da end o it on page 98
Also on pages 100, 106, 113, 119
9 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ad an whan he'd gien tanks he brook it an said, 'Tak dis. Dis is on page 143
a bread an blissed it. Dan he brook it an haanded it tae dem. An on page 153

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
rie kishie, an whin dey wir a brook a waar at cam up ipo da nort on page 7
gadderin waar. Whin da first brook a waar wis cassen up eftir de on page 10
"My dear, whin da neebirs brook in an fan her lyin in a coma, on page 44
gie, I just wiss ..." An shü brook doon again. I held her, feeli on page 48
An shü brook doon again. on page 61
Also on pages 93
7 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
. Eftir a peerie start da sea brook up whit wis left o’ da boat
1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Soaked A sprawl in tha icy brook on page 48

1 matches

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