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The word 'sheuk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sheukOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7123
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sheuk in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
"Whin he saa the torn tit, he sheuk his heid. "Beuy Charlie on page 14
He sheuk his head. "I jeust kent be th on page 20
's om stairt tae bend, bit he sheuk his heid twa-three times an b on page 21
Than sheuk his feathers right. on page 40
d's aukward itchy bits, as he sheuk oot the strae. on page 77

6 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ken if A'm liftin aa this," A sheuk ma heid as we gaed on, "it's on page 125

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ken if I'm liftin aa this," I sheuk my heid as we gaed on, "it's
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
g, can ye imagine that? But A sheuk ma heid. "A'm fine."
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
but the wey she gaed quait an sheuk her heid like she wished she
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
rd's bike follae'd, an Maisie sheuk hir heid, stumst bae his smil on page 12
Maise sheuk hir heid. The wemeen o Waterl on page 21

2 matches

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