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seekin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words36.8 22.3 73.7 0 127.9 21.9 8.8
Number of occurrences11442 46 0 22 2 2
Number of authors43 27 11 3 1 2

Occurrences of seekin in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
It wis aboot bein ootside, seekin somethin ither. And on page 18

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Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
seekin his supper, amang the growin on page 25

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
drivin in special. She wisna seekin ti pit ideas inti her mither' on page 14

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
,' said the tod. "Whit are ye seekin?' on page 67
he wee prince. "Whit are they seekin? on page 74
the bairns ken whit they are seekin, said the wee prince. 'They d on page 75
they dinna ken whit they are seekin. Sae they gang roond in circl on page 80
et they finndna whit they are seekin there.' on page 81

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
rd himsel, in earnest prayer, seekin solace an deliverance for us on page 31

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
, she sterted daunerin roond, seekin somethin else. on page 7
n doon intae it as if she wis seekin an answer tae these no-saeinn on page 188

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he government o Scotland, are seekin tae get public warks biggit, on page 37

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
, said Laura, She's seriously seekin attention. on page 146

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Frae the 'owld countrie', seekin out new lives. on page 99

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Seekin foriver for a lost saft tress on page 53
In seekin the funtain o youth he micht on page 55
Or seekin lads or lassies pert, on page 87

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Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ma guid neibour; masel am aye seekin on page 43

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
le o the trauchles o a lassie seekin a flat in the toun (Na Seòmr on page 126

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ry; an Kate Armstrong will be seekin oot guid practice an het issu on page 4

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Robertson, James Melt (Yin), (Kettillonia 2001) Central, poetry
Seekin some neuk tae rest his mankit
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
the haill o Scotland, but is seekin maitter frae thaim at’s gae
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
. But Leddie Bothwell is left seekin ti cum upsides wi Forester. A
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Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - Hame-combin, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
seekin throu the hoose he hes langsy
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ne 2002, an a Memmer’s Bill seekin a gey limitit siccar status i
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
aye seekin somethin new,
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
hat it is a linguistic biggin seekin a national staunnart in the p
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
from baith sides, is that in seekin independence for Scotland, we
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
scheme, in 1816, involved his seekin tae blackmail Lord Airchibald
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ers. An example o this is the seekin o the new Lama in Carmunnock,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
, but tae upsteer thaim intae seekin oot the original.
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
herds o wildebeest and zebra seekin oot the fresh gress that wid
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
This wadna juist be somebody seekin his halp wi the bureaucracy o
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
p post in aw directions, away seekin secretion in gairdens, up tre
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Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
A durty lassie seekin’ fun;
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Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Pretentiously yer seekin' an offensive piece of tatter
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ect different o the attention-seekin Gorgeous George but i quaiste(2020) search twitter
t precis is thon sleekit loon seekin for he is aye awyes nooindays(2020) search twitter

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
e splore-seekin dancers tak e fleer on page 63

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
n up he gaed tae the coonter, seekin his pepper. He was alane aman on page 76
e haein yir heid caad aff but seekin tae dae the wull o Gweed an n on page 82

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Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
et and aff I gaed tae Taranty seekin a fee. on page 124

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
indness wid be phonin at her, seekin her ti gyang ti some function on page 94

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
God," they roart, "fit are ye seekin wi hiz? Hiv ye come here tae on page 17
e tap o his vice, "Fit are ye seekin wi hiz, Jesus o Nazareth? Hiv on page 86
r an yer brithers are ootside seekin tae see ye." An he says till on page 93
e vice roart oot, "Fit are ye seekin wi me, Jesus, Sin o e Most He on page 94
tae rise an gie ye fit ye're seekin." Lat ma tell ye, aiven tho h on page 99
Also on pages 100, 102, 106, 110, 111, 112, 119
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Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
Seekin, searchin, stretchin oot lang on page 74

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
r roon the hoose; bit A wisna seekin anidder caat. Ye've a hantle on page 27

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
een, an gaed roun the chaamer seekin tae finn ony watter tae jow o on page 19
Gin ye're seekin tae win someplace idder, ye m on page 34

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
fae her, remorsin her lees an seekin mair prayer; fae him, tellin
er but me that th’umman was seekin. An the neist nicht, she was
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Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
wife kent that the cat wad be seekin a safe place for the kitlins
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Meg, yon's eneuch. We're nae seekin a weet bed the morn's mornin,
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
oun wis scant an, bein asylum-seekin incomers, they'd bin richt gl
A-seekin o their bairnhood
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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
An aye e bricht licht, rakin, seekin, brichter an brichter. We bee
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Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
on wi the winter fever and aa seekin a cure for’t. He shook his
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he’d fin the placie he wiz seekin aboot haaf o a mile doon it.
drone so that wiz fit he wiz seekin the aal Pipe Major tae hae a
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
find the first o fit she wiz seekin there. By the scam o the full
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
spik oan the boulevard is yer seekinÂ’ thon big yella banana up ye(2019) search twitter
Reveal ma'sel Ye cry? Fit yi seekin' loon a swatch 'o ma banana?(2016) search twitter
@HiddenAberdeen aye, a've bin seekin' a'wi fur Ye. Hidden Aiberdee(2015) search twitter
hiv' hollered ower the tanoy seekin' er boarding pass back.(2016) search twitter
d ye wir frequentin' #Deeside seekin' tae sook some soor plooms. #(2017) search twitter
and 4 other occurrences.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
guessed in a meenit at he wis seekin da fan an da pair o white gli on page 33
tful-wye; "but dan I widna be seekin denner at dat time, you ken." on page 72
tree soldiers waandered aboot seekin dem for a meenit or twa, an d on page 82
'Bide ahint, wid du? We're no seekin dee wi wis!'" on page 103
whit wis come o it; 8o, efter seekin it aawye, he hed ta write wi on page 110

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Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Dat sam nicht da Göd Man cam seekin dem. 'Whit's come o you?' he on page 5
times ta geng seekin, an times ta lat go; on page 51
dey aks A'll ken whit dey're seekin. Even da baests 'll live in p on page 63
you pey nae heed. Whit I wis seekin wis your love - an you cam w on page 67
¶d in him an dey gied tae him seekin ta be better fock dan dey wir on page 83
Also on pages 103, 117, 145
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De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
tipperin, seekin ivery haand-hadd. on page 25

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
seekin da noosts o Nibon. on page 28
Vikings seekin shalter, safety, wir wint on page 48
ye'd sketch, seekin, aye seekin somethin on page 88
Ta bear da costly seekin we man dö on page 108

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De Luca, Christine Gaet-markers, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
an wirds for seekin hit whan lost; for
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Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
seekin aye its freins.
Seekin, fouterin, wi ma frozen hert,
2 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
a men sayed, "Whut for ir yis seekin tha leevin amang tha deid? [H on page 111

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Fae seekin meant mae cause wus won on page 46

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