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Jurisdiction, in Anglo-Saxon days
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soke
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) Any of several medieval rights, either to hold a court, or to receive fines. 2 (context obsolete English) A district under a particular jusridiction.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"right of jurisdiction," Old English socn "jurisdiction, prosecution," literally "seeking," from Proto-Germanic *sokniz , from PIE *sag-ni- , from root *sag- "to seek out" (see seek ). Related: Sokeman ; sokemanry .
Wikipedia
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sōkē or eke is a Tongan group dance performed with sticks which the performers hit against each other on the beat of the drum. It has some common elements with, but is a complete independent development from the English Morris dance . As with most Tongan ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soc \Soc\ (s[o^]k), n. [AS. s[=o]c the power of holding court, sway, domain, properly, the right of investigating or seeking; akin to E. sake, seek. Sake , Seek , and cf. Sac , and Soke .] [Written also sock , and soke .] (O. Eng. Law) The lord's power ...
Usage examples of soke.
The rekin is the heart of the fess and the fess is the heart of the soke.
Shute and father said he was and the man said are you the man whitch put a old man on the trane at the depo and father said yes and i thougt the man wood give father a hundred dolars or a gold wach and father looked as if he thougt the man wood say noble man you have saved my fathers life, but the man looked mad and said well sir you did a prety smart thing to throw a helpless old man on to the rong trane and send him of 100 miles away from home and scart all his peeple most to deth becaus they thougt he was merdered and cost him 3 dolars to telegraf and stay all nite and if you dont know more then that you had beter soke your head.
The soueraigne weede betwixt two marbles plaineShe pownded small, and did in peeces bruze,And then atweene her lilly handes twaine,Into his wound the iuyce thereof did scruze,And round about, as she could well it vze,The flesh therewith she suppled and did steepe,T'abate all spasme, and soke the swelling bruze,And after hauing searcht the intuse deepe,She with her scarfe did bind the wound frõ cold to keepe.