soke

• soc, sock

From Middle English soke, from Medieval Latin (Anglo-Latin) sōca "right of jurisdiction", from Old English sōcn (“jurisdiction, prosecution”, literally “act of seeking”), from Proto-West Germanic *sōkni, from Proto-Germanic *sōkniz (“seeking, inquiry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”).

Cognates: see English soken. More at sake, seek.

• (US) IPA^(key): /soʊk/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /səʊk/
• Rhymes: -əʊk
• Homophone: soak

soke (plural sokes)

1. (England, law, historical) A soc (a medieval right to hold a court or to receive fines).
2. (England, historical) A district under a particular jurisdiction.

• sake and soke
• Soke of Peterborough

• socage
• sokeland
• sokeman
• soken

• EKOs, Keos, okes, skeo

soke

1. inflection of soka (“sorrow”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

• سوْكعِ

From sí (“to”) +‎ òkè (“top”).

• IPA^(key): /só.kè/

sókè

1. up

sókè

1. up