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語源

From 中期英語 sookne, socne (“district held by a socage”), from 古期英語 sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution, soke”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-.

Akin to Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌽𐍃 (sōkns, “controversy”), 古期英語 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.

名詞

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.
   1. 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.
   2. A right of prosecution and judgement.
2. (historical) The area over which this right was established.

   Synonym: soke

3. (obsolete) A place that is regularly frequented.

派生語

• Thorpe-le-Soken

関連する語

• soke
• sokeland

参照

• Webster's Dictionary
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Stow's Survey of London

アナグラム

• Kones, Nosek, Senko, Snoke, snoek