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Use in varieties of Scots

wrack Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.6 10.6 9 149 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences4421 6 15 2 0 0
Number of authors19 11 3 4 1

Occurrences of wrack in Corpus

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Central

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Simmer Strand, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
returns tae wrack wuid abandoned in the saun. on page 42

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
lang afore she wun throu the wrack hersel an wis staunin aside i on page 59

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
o tae devise thir spuilzie an wrack, yit wantin the wit. Till the on page 14

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
That canna wrack ...O my beluvit Tristan, on page 41

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nd by the time you do finally wrack your brains and come up wae a on page 89

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Nae dashelt ghaist-whisperin wrack swept on page 16

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
reat gray figure in the clood wrack beckons still. on page 127
And the wrack is aw fu o the ghosties o gho on page 153

2 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
- a dinghy in batter! A ship wrack ae a fritter - fand fleetin on page 1
mither inquires aboot ma caur wrack ae a luve life. A juist canna on page 3

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Lowse wrack tae mank an mittle ungat bair on page 28
Abuin the gizzen wrack, heft house-heid hie on page 39
Nor gaed tae wrack, tae harry, sneck - on page 71

3 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ntly, wae's me, hauf gane tae wrack, an it's gettin fell stourie, on page 43

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
he lum. An, sookit up tae its wrack, on page 112

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 73 - Wrack, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Wrack on page 77

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s parents had emerged fae the wrack an - it wis aamaist unheard
haim. You were leukin for the wrack. It cud been you.”
she fund him nosin aroon the wrack o the stores.
3 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Tae wrack yer brain on page 15

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
its duntin wrack tae faem at sclytes on page 19

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fyle. They warna far frae the wrack o the slave-ship noo. He kent
"Is't hyne awa, yon wrack?" speired Brian, brakkin inno
ence an noddit. Efter aa, yon wrack wis a grave as weel's a landm
t the slave times an yon ship wrack. They'll be nane the wiser. S
4 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ft and campion, broon bladder-wrack below. on page 48

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
the Wrack-Hofn's mistry, aboot the yole on page 8
, hulk looman ower the yole. "Wrack! Brace!" Inga rives the yole on page 25
The wrack's anither gret baest, the sec on page 26
The arkaeolojist at the Wrack-Hofn on page 30
onth the lighters tak anither wrack wi raedeens tae mirk anither on page 31
Also on pages 101, 115, 160
12 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e - piles o tangles, bladder wrack on page 49

1 matches

Hershaw, William Seivin Verses for GMB, (Scottish Poetry Library 2015) Orkney, poetry
raiks the taigle o time-wrack
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
loup wrack laid up ithin a treeless laan on page 37
a Christian man balled lik wrack, on page 46

2 matches

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