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Noun [English]

Forms: sokens [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sookne, socne (“district held by a socage”), from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution, soke”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, track”). Akin to Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌽𐍃 (sōkns, “controversy”), Old English sacu (“legal case, dispute”), sēcan (“to seek”), Swedish socken (“parish”), Danish sogn (“parish”), Norwegian sokn (“parish”). More at sake, seek, soke. See also Medieval Latin sōca (“right of jurisdiction”), English soke. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*seh₂g-}}, {{inh|en|enm|sookne}} Middle English sookne, {{m|enm|socne|t=district held by a socage}} socne (“district held by a socage”), {{inh|en|ang|sōcn|lit=act of seeking|t=jurisdiction, prosecution, soke}} Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution, soke”, literally “act of seeking”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*sōkni}} Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*sōkniz|t=seeking, inquiry}} Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|t=to follow, track}} Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow, track”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌽𐍃|t=controversy}} Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌽𐍃 (sōkns, “controversy”), {{cog|ang|sacu|t=legal case, dispute}} Old English sacu (“legal case, dispute”), {{m|ang|sēcan|t=to seek}} sēcan (“to seek”), {{cog|sv|socken|t=parish}} Swedish socken (“parish”), {{cog|da|sogn|t=parish}} Danish sogn (“parish”), {{cog|no|sokn|t=parish}} Norwegian sokn (“parish”), {{m|en|sake}} sake, {{m|en|seek}} seek, {{m|en|soke}} soke, {{cog|ML.|sōca|t=right of jurisdiction}} Medieval Latin sōca (“right of jurisdiction”), {{cog|en|soke}} English soke Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} soken (countable and uncountable, plural sokens)
  1. (historical) The ancient right (usually conferred by royalty) to hold a local court of justice and levy specific fees and fines.
    The 'resort' (right) of specific farmers to have their grain ground at a specific mill or, inversely, the right of a mill to that custom.
    Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-soken-en-noun-s-RIlS2- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 4 25
  2. (historical) The ancient right (usually conferred by royalty) to hold a local court of justice and levy specific fees and fines.
    A right of prosecution and judgement.
    Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-soken-en-noun-toVfOs8H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 4 25
  3. (historical) The area over which this right was established. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Synonyms: soke
    Sense id: en-soken-en-noun-yjQ-ThUO
  4. (obsolete) A place that is regularly frequented. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-soken-en-noun-GHS9SXCL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 4 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Thorpe-le-Soken Related terms: soke, sokeland

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} soken
  1. Alternative form of souken Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: souken
    Sense id: en-soken-enm-noun-8p83wXIW Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Tok Pisin]

Etymology: From English stocking. Etymology templates: {{der|tpi|en|stocking}} English stocking Head templates: {{head|tpi|noun}} soken
  1. stocking
    Sense id: en-soken-tpi-noun--dLBBq8o Categories (other): Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From English stocking.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "soken",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tok Pisin",
  "lang_code": "tpi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tok Pisin lemmas",
        "Tok Pisin nouns",
        "Tok Pisin terms derived from English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stocking"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stocking",
          "stocking"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "soken"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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