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The word 'hearken'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hearkenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.62813
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 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)

Occurrences of hearken 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.

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
o Tyre an Sidon, aa there tae hearken till him an be cured o their on page 89
hey mith leuk an see naethin, hearken bit unnerstan naethin. on page 93
: "Iss is ma loon, ma chysen, hearken tae fit he says." An efter e on page 96
e ill deein drew in aboot tae hearken till him. E Pharisees an e la on page 106
Moses an e prophits. Lat them hearken tae them'. Bit he says, 'Na, on page 108
Also on pages 110
8 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
a, we've been ower thrang tae hearken tae ony news. Fat's been happ on page 83

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
scrievit Ye a symphony Ye sid hearken tae't aiblins Ye nivver wull on page 3

3 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
"Noo hearken tae Santa," said Prancer. "He
An hearken tae yer ma's advice,
2 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e the 2011 Census", ye'll hae hearken some o us say. Aye, it's a br
1 matches

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ingers: the'r them that say, "Hearken tae this braw sang!" an them on page 56

2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Noo hearken tae this auld, unstintin soug
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Hearken tae my joyfu tidins
Hearken tae my joyfu tidins
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Ah hearken tae a sang, on page 45

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
tae hearken tae the wee yins sing on page 6
chyne frae roond his neck, or hearken tae his caw on page 52

2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
wad byde his wheesht a wee an hearken til the bodie on the stage, h on page 29

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
Hearken tae ma chancy tidins, Gowden on page 6

2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Weel, hearken, man, it’s nae,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
'Weel, ah must hearken tae baith litigants.' on page 171

1 matches

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