different between soken vs soaken

English

Etymology

From Middle English sookne, socne (“district held by a socage”) (> Medieval Latin s?ca (“right of jurisdiction”), see soke), from Old English s?cn (“jurisdiction, prosecution, soke”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-Germanic *s?kniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek?- (“to follow, track”). Akin to Gothic ???????????????????? (s?kns, “controversy”), Old English sacu (“legal case, dispute”), s?can (“to seek”), Swedish socken (“parish”), Danish sogn (“parish”), Norwegian sokn (“parish”). More at sake, seek, soke.

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.
   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.

Derived terms

• Thorpe-le-Soken

Related terms

• soke
• sokeland

References

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

Anagrams

• Kones, Nosek, Senko, Snoke, snoek

Middle English

Noun

soken

1. Alternative form of souken

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English stocking.

Noun

soken

1. stocking

English

Adjective

soaken (comparative more soaken, superlative most soaken)

1. (obsolete) soaked, saturated
2. (obsolete) intoxicated

Anagrams

• Noakes