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The word 'sikk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sikkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3102
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
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 sikk in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
n a han-clap ye'll hae fit ye sikk on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
s brikks regular raither than sikk oot tae the wattery, bein fea
ed, that she'd cam first, tae sikk fur help. He wis flattered, b
till gar a man's heid turn an sikk tae follae. Nae easy, nae eas
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
day cam that he wad ettle tae sikk her oot – he wis terrifeed
s, police informers wad aften sikk hale body makkowers. Ithers m
body makkowers. Ithers micht sikk oot cloned kinsmen or weemin
the trolley, an syne gaed tae sikk oot her loon.
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ur a while, onywye, she didna sikk tae
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
bodach continued, 'Nae man'll sikk her. She'll dee an auld maid. on page 51

1 matches

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