dairk | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occurences normalised per million words | 21.6 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 39.7 | 0 | 0 | 159.2 | |
Number of occurrences | 67 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
Number of authors | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Watt, George T. Lallans 82 - Caul Stane, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
etch sicht o angels hingin in dairk corners, on page 24
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Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
throu the dairk portal juist so wide on page 171
1 matches
Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ug in their cot on that first dairk nicht. on page 88
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
d his hoasts echoed roond the dairk room afore he said onythin, " on page 23
wbody wis left staunin in the dairk. Afore ye kent it, there wis on page 157
elt a haund on her shooder. A dairk shape leaned in tae whusper i on page 158
aus said, "while it wis still dairk." on page 159
5 matches
Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Nae comet lichted thon dairk, driech plain, on page 23
1 matches
McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the cloods dairk as weet rock. on page 22
1 matches
Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Thi Leerie, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Fan thi dairk gloams oer thi lift, on page 93
1 matches
Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Fan thi dairk o thi nicht is glimmered
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
onary (SND) wis dark, derk or dairk. Tak yer pick. There is remar
r dirk, or the latest spellin dairk? For aa that dirk(ness) wis t
nly get a brand new spellin o dairk aboot the same time? Some o t
s by analogy’ that produces dairk. On the ither haun, I micht b
y are Scots speakers what say dairk raither nor derk or dark. Gin
5 matches
Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
ht tae ye durin an especially dairk time in yer life?
1 matches
Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
found himsel back oot in the dairk, dreich nicht. The rain had s on page 77
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
were shut, the rooms dairk. I saw that,
d the curtains and wanted nae dairk
throu the bricht dairk
nae bather. Noo the dairk
n he’s risen huge oot o the dairk,
5 matches
Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Sae dairk its lane, tha hoose behin on page 1
Fur craalin in tae tha dairk on page 16
Wairm an ticht an dairk on page 17
Faa intae tha dairk o memries. on page 35
Tha mair A waak throu daith's dairk glen, Yit All no fear ocht il on page 68
Also on pages 71, 75
8 matches
Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An tha nicht it was dairk wi a skeenklin o frost on page 10
a grinnin white skull wi twa dairk hollae een, on page 11
An her dairk hair's turned pure cranreuch on page 12
Or tha dairk airts o tha deid. on page 15
As dairk as Styx, it babbled by, on page 16
Also on pages 38, 57
8 matches
Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tha fowk that sut ïn tha dairk on page 4
' wull be cast oot ïntae tha dairk, whar thair wull be greetin a on page 9
tae thaim that sïts ïn tha dairk shedda o deith, an roadin iz on page 71
e be aa fu o licht wi nae wee dairk coarners, yer hale bodie wull on page 90
utiver's taakit aboot ïn tha dairk wull be heerd ïn braid dayli on page 91
Also on pages 111
7 matches
Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
Til tha sooth, dairk cloods haed gethert an wur bl
1 matches