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Use in varieties of Scots

wak Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.9 2 58.5 59.6 0 0 39.8
Number of occurrences584 39 6 0 0 9
Number of authors19 4 7 5 3

Occurrences of wak in Corpus

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Central

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
The Lang Wak Hame on page 52

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
crete wiz slippery still. You wak wi discretion cairryin a bair
1 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
daurk. Moa's family wouldnae wak frae sleep, for aw her greeti
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
Guid nicht. Sleep weel an wak restit, freens.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
e kirkyaird if onybody nott a wak-up call.' on page 57

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ond at 200km/h! Veesitors can wak richt up tae the fountain on on page 5
. It is wirth gaun jist for a wak aroon, ye dinna even hiv tae on page 7
t a puckle o examples. Ye can wak aboot the city an discover th on page 9
a neuk, jist a puckle menties wak fae the 'Grand Place'. The ci on page 13
A five mentie wak awa is the 'Château de Clos on page 17
Also on pages 18
9 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fan I wak up early in i'mornin on page 116
I wak up tae i' soon o' music, on page 197

5 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Fowk wak aboot sae happy an free.
coodnae wak.
ment. Tae be able tae enjoy a wak on a
en set oot for a wak. Jonsar went in bye the Circl
Eck nivver got his wak, efter a puckle drams he set
11 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
days I’m hingin oot, hae tae wak awa fae Twitter!(2019) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
@CaroleInnes0 I wak up and it's aawye. I aaywiz d(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ng else fer it. Will have tae wak up tae Sandollar fer a lorne (2016) search twitter
to bide in the nicht as canna wak far wee this gout! But Jess o(2016) search twitter
day the day so gan tae hae a wak up the beach and get some fre(2017) search twitter
ut fit tae dee? Thinking o' a wak up the beach bit nae doobt be(2017) search twitter
Braw day the day fer a wee wak up the beach. Wife asking me (2017) search twitter
and 6 other occurrences.

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
A died burd gittan aap tae wak, on page 40

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
tae wak oot, makan hid luk on page 18

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Come a wak wae me on page 16

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
e hot cups. Is their a better wak than on page 18

1 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
e ony man doon in the ebb, an wak awa wae hid ower the slidy eb
e things aboot them — for a wak on sac bonnie a night wis lik
2 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Wak fort thegither, on page 19
We a man wak wer ain. on page 45
But A'd rether wak on page 47
Tae wak an fin yin moarnin blak on page 53

4 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
As he wak'ed oot tae haes daily toil, on page 11
An wak' bi' the banks o' the Bann; on page 16
Bowldly wak'ed in tae a shap, on page 19
Only wak'ed tae the en' o' the lane. on page 41

4 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Tae wak tha deid. on page 10

1 matches

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