soken
soken noun: 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.
Noun
soken (countable and uncountable, plural sokens)
- 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.
- A right of prosecution and judgement.
- The area over which this right was established.
- Synonyms:
- soke
- A place that is regularly frequented.
Synonyms of soken
Forms of soken
| plural | sokens |
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Origin of soken
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 *seh₂g-. 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.
Words formed from soken
Questions about soken
- What does soken mean?
- Soken means 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.
- What part of speech is soken?
- Soken is a noun.
- What is the plural of soken?
- The plural of soken is sokens.
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