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The word 'sank'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sankOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.23424
ORK - Orkney 69.6 7 4
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 14.6 6 5
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 2
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 6
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 sank in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Annie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
that sank that boat, on page 30

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
n the side slippid oot, an he sank tae the grund. on page 70
aed dancan side-e-weys as Tam sank oot o sight on page 79

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And then he sank his long sharp teeth in poor on page 13
The watter poored in and ! sank like a stone. on page 71
he draig me right doon till I sank withoot trace? Whit hid start on page 72

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
dot-tae-dot fate. I sank intae an epic dwam on page 26

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Janet sank intae da chair, an da bitter on page 22

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
on da fort, da gale near sank her. on page 59

1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ship sank afore him. His grief wis cut
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
r an keech. Gin he founert an sank – gweed riddance! A bowl o
1 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
is suin ower-pooerd, cowpt an sank. Aw three fowk on board war d on page 98

1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
t the abins... and the boatie sank. on page 116

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
o pies as weel. As Jonsar Eck sank his teeth intae his
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e raise hisel up. As his haun sank intae a saft pile o sharny du
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
roon envelope fae it. Ma hert sank upon seein this symbolic pile on page 116

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
t the plainstanes, an ma hert sank for tae think it wis mibbie a on page 125

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
t the plainstanes, an my hert sank for tae think it wis mibbie a
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
In autumn, as it sank tae rest,
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
isur kist afore the hale leid sank intae quicksand. Comin frae E
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
They sank doon intae the knowe, as if t
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ght in the ice were crusht an sank while ithers, due tae the ski on page 36
boat was fillit wi watter an sank stern first intae the turbule on page 92

2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 73 - Wrack, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the gale's teeth sank in you. Imperilled, on page 77

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
er his infant son, John Broun sank intae the deepest despair. Oh on page 28
brou in his clasped hauns, he sank tae his knees, restin his elb on page 29

2 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Jock sank intae his favourite seat,
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Thae wha murned thaim as they sank on page 38

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ukit ti the stage an her hert sank, for at ae level it wis the t on page 29

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
An he sank intae a lang an langsome dwam on page 16

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
sterted tae melt, and then it sank on page 15

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
sister gang awa, and his hert sank doon tae his taes. The day o on page 89

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
n set it in the watter. If it sank, it wis fresh; if it floatit on page 17

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ower a linn intae a canal and sank wi the brave sodger still in on page 77

1 matches

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