different between soken vs voken

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

Etymology

Blend of virtual +? token

Noun

voken (plural vokens)

1. (Internet) A pop-up advertisement that is displayed over the top of the content but without spawning a separate window.
   • 2004, Keith J. Tuckwell, Canadian Marketing in Action (page 425)

     […] a Web portal that features voken-style campaigns.

   • 2005, Shaun Walker, Patrick J. Santry, Joe Brinkman, Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals (page xxi)

     He also had a key role in designing and building the eyeReturn Voken engine for online advertising and loyalty programs.

   • 2006, "Spot3313", Flash Voken Ads (on newsgroup macromedia.flash)

     Hey, I was approached today asking^[sic] about Voken ad's and if i knew how they were done.

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