A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'socht'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of socht in Corpus

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e Temple an aa e laayers, an socht them tae taul him far aboot i on page 8
ak aboot e bairnie tae aa att socht att God wad set Jerusalem low on page 83
i the grip o a fivver an they socht him tae dee somethin for her. on page 86
ill e roch cuntra, bit e fowk socht him oot an priggit wi him nae on page 87
Een o e Pharisees socht him tae come an ett wi him, a on page 92
Also on pages 94, 95, 96, 100, 103, 104, 106, 109, 116, 119, 120
20 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Div ye think ye'll be socht te the funeral?" speered Arch on page 14

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
A hole he socht tae dig. on page 28
She'd aye socht tae meet! on page 30

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
coortin. An if Jock Dow hisna socht tae see her, she'll gae ben t
anay cleanin yestreen, an hid socht fur a full day aff. The sweep
t widna be lang or een wid be socht.
eid o Fiteha Brae. The doctor socht room tae examine her, lowsin
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
nny gied him a taste. Syne he socht anither, an anither an anithe
tae bigg their boatie. Kieran socht towe tae wipp the tyres tae a
Quine. The doctor an his wife socht her in, an tuik tent o the sp
"Read me frae't," Neil socht her.
, bit Brian hid speceefically socht fur the handlin' o't. Brian w
13 matches

Banff Academy Aiberdeenshire Bairns an Young Fowk’s Chairter , (GIRFEC 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
eeds it, an fit wye it's bein socht.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
afore she ran awa. She hidna socht tae bide awa fur guid jist et
hid she socht tae gyang sae heich? Foo she
icht in the baker’s till an socht oot fur a traivel. O a
socht in.
o ither rareities naebody socht onymair, tae gang ben the roa
5 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ma wifie socht me if ah’d like tae renew oo(2018)
Sae wifie socht fit 2019 calendar she shid bu(2019)
he riggin o the nicht. Fin ah socht her fit wye she said, “Ah wi(2019)
w her mochie reets showing an socht her if it wis time she gotten(2019)
nterviewed #TheProclaimers an socht tham if they kent each ither (2020)

South Northern

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 57 - Mac, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Doric, prose
se. Fit a fleg aat gied's. We socht him thegidder an fun him at l on page 27

1 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Efter aat naebdy socht cat ti hud up a bairn. Fen wi on page 85

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Lang tume the sudricht fae he socht, on page 21

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
baith o them hid specifically socht ither destinations. on page 51

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Aye days like this at's fit's socht.
socht echt poun the strainer. Tae h
ken I dinna think you wull be socht back".
3 matches

(South) East Central

Pete, Fortune Lallans 102 - Trotsky's Treatment, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
utionarie spreit. A hae ne'er socht, nor ettilt ti socht or fordi on page 91

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
An socht an apen heiven fir the fowk on page 41

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Here we socht in hairst oor simmer's luve. on page 58

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
t, skelloch, skreich, slicht, socht, souch, straucht, teuch, thoc
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
buin aw els, Tammas Grunstane socht ti be
“Whan ma husband an masell socht divortioun, shae laed Canadae
Mirren socht ti asseir thaim thai wuid be
wes tuim o traffek an nane socht ti let hir passin. Suin shae
e dryvers, fermers an the lik socht ti clem up the
15 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Co-operation aye A've socht,
an socht the fireside, safe an warm.
When twinty rivals socht his fa
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
be kent that his new an lang socht efter learn yersel Scots buik
1 matches

West Central

Dundee

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
didna herten nyow vairse, bot socht pross ti prent, thusgates ti on page 10

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
r thai wes aw Chreistianes an socht hiz blissin, at thai maistlie on page 43
s frae the Bybil. Bot aw thai socht ti dae wes fecht wi thair ain on page 45
rbar feiillit sairie fur'm an socht ti gie thaim a heize bi blokk on page 46

3 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
overin' a' is toom in whit is socht. on page 63

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
they were solid blue. Gin he socht her fu attention, he had it.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
beild o the kirk, whaur they socht warmth an rest for the nicht. on page 26
till in the peace o daith _an socht God's help in this, his time on page 29
that King Chairles the Furst socht tae impose on thaim. on page 51
k - for ever, she said - an socht wark ower the hill in the pai on page 66

4 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
dochter, an whan he wes by he socht a smaa gift. "Yer sang hes gi on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
les, she ne'er saftent, ne'er socht help, ne'er jyned an uphaud c on page 27

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
He minded the sundouns he had socht, in ither times, jist by muvi on page 52
t; an belike naebody had ever socht it. But it cuist a cantrip ow on page 78

2 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s there. An, as A did that, A socht tae mind them o the different on page 35
conviction that James Bridie socht tae suppress the wirk o the U on page 39

3 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
idie in place. Several ithers socht claritie as tae hoo compleean on page 24
ee suggestit that claritie is socht on the "mair vauried context" on page 61

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
orin kings 0 Ingland had lang socht tae bring the hail islands o on page 40

2 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
English. Nae information wis socht on it in the 2001 National Ce on page 8

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi newer causes, socht the prize on page 15
I socht ma bed, ma lane I lay on page 18
Has she socht a braw new warld on page 20
In lairdly spate, nae wadset socht but leave on page 37
Here we socht in hairst oor simmet's luve. on page 74

5 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
s. There was nae dout at fowk socht sic advancement, if no for th on page 9

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
When they got whit they socht, they pit them in a poke, the on page 59

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ilk ither's wark. Motherwell socht rede on sangs wi Sir Walter S on page 69

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
n o the cures that fowk wad a socht oot, an the hospitals, run bi on page 110

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
He socht for his reward. on page 100

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ade the pint than at whit was socht was no juist a phonemic spell on page 56

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
Repones in consultation are socht on the speirin anent a new st
Repones in consultation are socht on the speirin anent splorin
Repones in consultation are socht on the speirin anent a luik o
3 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Thare we socht a by-place for oursels at we
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
hreapit that kings and elites socht tae yaise siclike origin myth
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
r nebs intae Scots affairs an socht tae bring aboot whit we the d
sst wi a Tory government that socht tae dearly stent fremmit corn
e heid heich anes in Scotland socht tae crack an debate throu Ing
3 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Hooanever, a unitin force is socht. It arrives in the form o Sal
1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
ff here, no least o aw a lang-socht-for second novel frae Matthew(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
socht sanct Niniane devotedly on page 33

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)