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The word 'walkit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
walkitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.83921
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 40.7 7 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 223.7 2 2
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 48.4 4 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 walkit in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
he wis still so feart that he walkit straight intae some buddy che
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
wis a sad peerie lass as shö walkit doon da middle an windered fo on page 10
is head, ill-naitered-wye, an walkit a coarn faster. on page 31
an efter a meenit or twa shö walkit on ageen, on for whaar da Mai on page 66
ck: shö raise, scunnered, an walkit awa; da Dormoose neibit aff w on page 76
is aboot a fit high: dan shö walkit doon da peerie passage: an da on page 77
Also on pages 80, 93
7 matches

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
polite tae the faeries as he walkit bye. He should aye say hullo on page 84

5 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
if he'd been hardy He wid o walkit up the stairs Syne the button on page 15

1 matches

Mid Northern B

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
It wis at then that ma mither walkit through the gate intae the ga
1 matches

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
pushed doon wee his finger. A walkit in wi ma poke o chips and tel
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
says on that moniment ye’v walkit past a thoosand times in yer
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
so een day he walkit intae toon on page 163

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
guid fettle whin e cam in. E walkit richt past iz an
1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ist as Jeanie and her faither walkit doun. On seein her, Jeanie st on page 1

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ah.. nah! The kinshen wid hae walkit tae Alyth an back afore noo." on page 91

1 matches

Duncan, Robert Peeweep, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Lumphinnans, poetry
he walkit the Peeweep Road
1 matches

West Central

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
As he walkit alang, he saw a licht shinin.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
quiet, as ye wuid expect. He walkit taewards the din, realisin th on page 109

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Beatrice’s new freins walkit for three days, sclimin intae
e fae him, an he cud easy hae walkit awa. Bill saw him leukin up a
He walkit wi Guzul whan they set aff ag
he tane Derriakin aside. They walkit up tae the lip o the col an s
him tak her be the erm, an he walkit wi her tae the tap o the gair
5 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
back o the bairn's heid, syne walkit the fingers forrit tae their on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
hay haed feinisht, her mither walkit awa doun the stair an inti th on page 24

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
fs o ceilidhs, fae whaur fowk walkit mony a mile hame, aa tak us r on page 62

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
station in the mids o’t an walkit the mile hame.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
i hed ae photo o Tammy, (whae walkit wi the help o crutches), is h
huil wi. The Pairkhill bairns walkit
Haugh, hevin walkit owre the Girnwud hill an doun
3 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
ough me, like she wis blin. I walkit her, slaw, back tae her bed.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
and walkit alang aside him. on page 41

1 matches

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