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The word 'sikkin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sikkinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.1206
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 49 15 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 sikkin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
That Susy wisna sikkin him he cwidna see ava on page 15

2 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ht fur thi Trust's berth. "Ye sikkin a han Jim?" "Far ye makken fu on page 1
ched heis tae see eif we weis sikkin tae gin fur em. Ov coarse me on page 38

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
s a roarin lion walketh aboot sikkin fa he micht devour .
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
t rack cam shauchlin inaboot, sikkin a bite. Bein a gweed-hairtit
r-in-law cam hame frae mercat sikkin her supper. Fin Pranny gied h
ye cudna blame the quine fur sikkin tae rug hersel ooto the glaur
s computers an DNA data-banks sikkin a match fur Neil Duguid senio
breets. Mair wirk wis nott in sikkin oot fit this lore signifeed.
5 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
much left alane. Naebody wiz sikkin tae eyn up in the sick bay nu
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“Naebody’s sikkin real fir trees fur Yule noo.
e an lowpit aroon the laddie, sikkin a fun, an a stick
“Yer nae sikkin Gracie I hope,” quo the wee
e snappit. “She’ll nae be sikkin yer fooshty
4 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
euk, walkin aboot the earth, 'sikkin fa they micht devour'. Hiv ye on page 8

1 matches

Robertson, Sine Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
t's deein at SLRC and fit A'm sikkin tae dee for SLRC. on page 111

4 matches

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