different between roke vs soke

English

Alternative forms

• roak, rook, rouk

Etymology

From Middle English roke (“fog, vapour, cloud”), probably from Middle Dutch roke, rooc (“smoke”), from Old Dutch rouc (“steam, vapour”), from Proto-Germanic *raukiz (“smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewg- (“to erupt, vomit, burp”), from *rew- (“to roar, growl, grumble”). Cognate with Scots rok, roik, rouk (“mist, fog, cloud”), Dutch rook (“smoke, fog”), German Rauch (“smoke, fume”), Swedish rök (“smoke, fume, steam, reek”), West Frisian reek, riik (“smoke, fume”). More at reek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

roke (plural rokes)

1. (Britain, dialect) Mist; smoke; damp.
2. (Britain, dialect, mining) A vein of ore.

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Anagrams

• Kore, kero, kore, oker

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

roke

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of ruiken
2. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of rieken
3. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of roken

Anagrams

• oker, roek

English

Alternative forms

• soc, sock

Etymology

From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) s?ca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English s?cn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-Germanic *s?kniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?g- (“to track”). Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

soke (plural sokes)

1. (obsolete) Any of several medieval rights, either to hold a court, or to receive fines.
2. (obsolete) A district under a particular jurisdiction.

Derived terms

• Soke of Peterborough

Related terms

• socage
• sokeland
• sokeman
• soken

Anagrams

• EKOs, Keos, okes, skeo