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The word 'vrocht'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
vrochtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.4378
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 104.6 32 6
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 vrocht in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
cons like water an poo'er He vrocht by the sin an the meen on page 15

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Aat vrocht on Hillies' toon. on page 95

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
says Seemon, "Maister, we've vrocht aa nicht an hiv teen deil e t on page 87
yaards," an sic wirds maun be vrocht in me." An they says, "Lord s on page 117

2 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Cabrach Days, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
That vrocht the Cabrach lan.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
st steen in the kirkyaird wis vrocht in the shape o a hairt, an ch
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
le gapin mou o the quarry wis vrocht like a quaich wi a wee thin s
boddam. 'Twas the deepest man-vrocht hole in the hale o Europe; an
dae wi the antrin bidie-in an vrocht aa oors o the day as gaffer w
rauchled up the coontless man-vrocht steps, strung wi lichts tae g
r ower close fur yon. She hid vrocht – an aye vrocht, even efter
16 matches

Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Better norr that ilka time he vrocht in the yard Mrs Robson wid co
tae the hoose. Still a bittie vrocht up Jocky did as he wiz bid an
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tore he echt at Crichie so he vrocht awa getting bigger and strong
o the front line an wiz given vrocht deein orra jobs like clearin
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sided trucks. I’d feenished vrocht for the day and put my saw an
nes they hid tae come doon. I vrocht late sneddin the branches an
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Suzy. “Fowk tell me it wis vrocht frae Jersey coos milk inno a
in them thegither till he’d vrocht a bobbydazzler o a tractor. B
2 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
yer tailie in twa wi a potion vrocht frae ma bluid. Ye'll meeve wi on page 120

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
He vrocht the best he cwid tae mak The on page 51
t the brush fae the snorl, an vrocht the best she cwid tae redd th on page 65

2 matches

General Central

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
, in rural Aiberdeenshire, an vrocht as a dominie, teachin English on page 4

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
This sang a steive aal seaman vrocht, on page 50

1 matches

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