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The word 'focht'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fochtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus33.111051
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 48.8 11 5
NEC - North East Central 321.1 7 2
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 3
WCE - West Central 48.8 11 5
DUN - Dundee 85 8 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 64.1 6 1
LAL - General Central 35.5 27 14
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 111.6 8 5
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) 605.7 1 1
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 490.5 3 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 116.3 2 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 113.7 4 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of focht in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
An Romans focht wi paintet Picts,
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
her lungs war sair noo an she focht fur win. Her braith, fin she
na blaik aa throwe, an gin it focht fur his sowl agin the corbie,
affo his back. Alec Mathieson focht wi the reyns, bit the car car
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Ower time the Septiles focht agin the Skreichmakkers, fur
t wis that the Skreichmakkers focht wi the ocean fowk, the Septil
2 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
ny inklin fit wye e twa loons focht like iss. Wis it or wyte?
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
her that a lot o men that hid focht in the Great War teen this ty
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ticians and his ancestors hid focht in countless wars and even ee
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
n a driver ahin the wheel. Ah focht wi masel… but nae for lang
1 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
last waar. She asked if he'd focht in the last waar. He said no, on page 16

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
the crap for fit he hid focht wi nature. Jonsar kent it wis
imagine a battle bein focht ere. Jonsar Eck wrote.
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
y? It wis a war that wis bein focht, nae mak
1 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
id aye, he come awa wi, “We focht for you, the sons o the worke
ae gaen ma richt airm tae hae focht in Spain. Dinna envy me.”
2 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ots (in Ruthven’s regiment) focht for the Swedes in Russia wi i
8, tore Europe apairt. It wes focht maistly, though nae aye, atwe
ment wes Gaels. Fae 1626 they focht agin the Empire in the airmy
hail bing o ither fowk forby) focht thegither an traded wi ilk-an
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
The Romans focht at Bennachie gainst Calcagus
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
isna feart at lions. Wance he focht three o them in the wan day, on page 7
in torch, Hercules and Iolaus focht the monster and when aw its h on page 13
Hercules focht the seeven-heidit draigon for on page 47
h. His fufty heids fidged and focht tae get at the new arrivals b on page 53
kes on the craitur's body. He focht like a deil. Wi each skelp an on page 56

5 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
o the Scots nobility wha’d focht agin him sae sairly aa thae y
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
his ain region. At Stirlin he focht alangside Wallace.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
wee scunner.' Ah telt him an focht the ettle tae dicht the canti on page 27

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
tomatae sals. He focht ti fleg thaim awaw. Than the
, an, kiz the Douglas faimlie focht the Suddron on hiz
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
ll in its airms. The Division focht in Normandy, Belgium, Holland
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
the 2001 Census or no will be focht on the efternuin o Wedensday
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d like an auld sodger wha had focht that mony battles she wis nev on page 100

1 matches

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
I'm tellt the auncient Celts focht in bare scud... on page 142

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
We focht his case, ah hope they bastar on page 68
Naw, ah've nae regrets, ah focht the guid fight - on page 74
Ah focht the closures in the early day on page 76
We focht a tribunal, but couldnae win. on page 80
We'd focht the Germans, an the joke goat on page 83
Also on pages 85, 100
7 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
nd the bizz o hungert midges. Focht ower? This, this orral o moss
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
igher Still. Efter a gey hard-focht battle it wis agreed that the
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
owk think o him, Johnnie Knox focht agin estaiblishit on page 18
o the Thames. Awbody that his focht agin the repressive policies on page 78
the Second Warld War, focht agin a nation that had been u on page 94

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ing, haudin oot his haun, 'ye focht richt weel.' on page 17
their guns pyntin at him, he focht them aff an ran taewards the on page 105
faither tae America whaur she focht agin slavery, lectured agin r on page 124
isfaction amang them that had focht sae monie years earlier fer j on page 125
in pretty hard injuries. They focht back an in the coorse o the a on page 126

5 matches

Edinburgh

Robb, Fraser Lallans 61 - Jimmy Bond, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, weans
He's focht agin the baddies on page 9

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
signs that the grun had been focht ower. The waas wis pittit wi
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
dragon ships fu o Scots that focht thae Rathsmen until the deith on page ix
eborn oan titanic peaks, they focht for pastures, on page 15

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
help that nane cuid gie, she focht an gasped like a drounin body on page 28
ey shilpit an waik, an he had focht lang an hard tae keep the spa on page 57
uncle, John Nisbet - wha had focht wi John Broun at Drumclog - on page 65
wis like a drounin man as he focht for his braith. Young Billy h on page 75
ou General, Lord Cathcart had focht bravely agin the Jacobites at on page 79

6 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
still focht wi aw her micht, an yet on page 6

1 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ment tichtened ma thrapple an focht thegither i ma belly. on page 55

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
focht lik a Turk agin the Turks, sa on page 8

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
n - I hae warstled throu, an focht wi baith. on page 49

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Gin thae focht, Harald laid oan wioot mercie on page 14

6 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
e follaes ilka war, even wans focht ben yer mind. on page 21

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
hae faimly memmers that focht at the muckle fechts at Flodd on page 52
an isles - the Ridshanks - focht an sattled in Inland in the 1 on page 56

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
the crood as they jundied and focht tae geta glisk at the kenspec on page 64
ak as the bealin wee prisoner focht tae get oot. on page 154

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
some exceptions (She gret an focht fir me afore a left) on page 21
he verb, for an instance, A'v focht wi the clasp oan ma handbag a on page 23

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Intil his wame, he focht the blaw on page 15

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
nd was remote', an that Scots focht in the Thritty Year Weir (161 on page 110

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
that thare in aesum brag thai focht: on page 87

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2022) Central
r o years. He nivver actually focht. Insteid he did his best tae

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e twentiet century. The maist focht-aboot propone he cam up wi wi
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
rs – that flittit aboot, an focht ane anither in the air. We ma
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
t, fawcht, faucht(e), faught, focht). Taen aathegither, we can sa
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
r pairt o the wey that war is focht. This is the corrputin effeck
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
e Pope himsel wis lined up an focht bravely. He even pledged mone

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
In 1679 David focht at Bothwell Brig whaur the Co

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
Egypt (he wis a commando, an focht i the Westren Desert) he wis
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
War 1914-18 an hed focht i the trenches it Passendale.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
o borders lang syne focht for, on page 21

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Nor dreamt o kings, nor focht oor enemies on page 198

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
lot, a complex battle is bein focht; hospital visits, operations, on page 87

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
battles that were focht on page 20
we focht, an, taen, on page 38
aebody mentions the Scots wha focht aside their on page 58
Focht fir fower countries on page 82

4 matches

McClure, Alan A poem, (Twitter 2022) Central - Galloway, poetry
Twa pheasants focht, wi clash an clatter
1 matches

Donegal (East Donegal)

Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
eve; tha Hairts o Steel gangs focht rents an tithes wi houghin an
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
They've focht in mony countries wae al' thi on page 44

3 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
wha focht an kilt Hitler on page 29

1 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
A focht an fell. on page 47

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Hae mine o Orr, wha wud hae focht on page 73

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
They focht in the mud an the blood o the on page 30

1 matches

Alexander, Brian Yarns 3 - Pilgrimage tae Passchendaele, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Dufferin, prose
hertil unkent tae me that hae focht in Warld War Yin. A’d aye h
amangst brithers in arms. He focht wi the 14th at the Battle o
e. The 3rd Battle o Ypres wis focht atween July an November 1917,
3 matches

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