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Use in varieties of Scots

seeks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 5.8 8 9.9 23.2 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2211 5 1 4 0 1
Number of authors14 8 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of seeks in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Nae man seeks oot ma doorstane. on page 17

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an onywan wha seeks tae fend him on page 45

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
omain the king rides out, And seeks a lonely cell on page 3
He seeks a stane, weill-kent in youth, on page 10

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ernment. Onie time oniebuddie seeks tae say somethin aboot it, th on page 122

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ou Scots the day. Raither, it seeks tae gie a pree o a wheen Scot on page 34

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
weird labyrinthine quest. He seeks a film star, a sang fae his p on page 87

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
al hoond wins hame forby. She seeks him oot an o coorse finnds hi on page 137
he efter rues hir sairness an seeks him oot. At the hinnerenn, th on page 138

2 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
36. This Inquiry seeks tae tak in the leids o Scotla
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
all aspects of country life, seeks male, thirty-five to forty (p on page 52

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Iss wye, we'll dee aa att God seeks fae hiz." An sae Jock teuk wi on page 9
speirs, gets, an ilka een att seeks, fins an tae e chiel att knoc on page 15
. Myn on Lot's wife. Faaivver seeks tae on page 109

4 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Higgie the Codd seeks expert advice on page 56

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Solomon seeks Sense on page 25
ou vimmer an winder. Wha-ivir seeks da Loard dat day 'll be saved on page 17
r dis is da very thing dat he seeks fae iviry wan o wis. An dunna on page 169

3 matches

Williamson, Christie Böd, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, poetry
at seeks new life
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ull be gien tae, an hïm that seeks wull fin, an tae hïm that kn on page 89

1 matches

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