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The word 'strak'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
strakOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.5155
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
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 15.5 6 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of strak in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
s an fired it at him. Da ston strak da middle o Goliath's broo an on page 24

1 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
pokkit it in his pipe an strak a match.
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
usual, deep voice. But den it strak him lik a smack tae da head.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Than wanluk strak. The warks wes brunt doun an
the paument. The wirricow hed strak. The tredsman maun
moniments. The saltyre bene strak, the croun jowells wes gane t
d Douglas bene reddies an hed strak, an nou
the meirrour effek at he wes strak dum.
6 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
k is refraishit, the supports strak, an the brig laed ti staun on on page 25

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ravitie, about the skellum at strak ma lykin richt on the spat. W on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
intil the loch, an whan thai strak the face o't Barbar sein thai on page 42

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
yt-waashin!’ The sunnschein strak het on hiz furr, saft grays k
t wes owre ahinhaun. The boit strak the bank fu raik. The dramer,
2 matches

General Central

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Strak on whyte beild that ill-end w on page 87

1 matches

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