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sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploringa seeking, desiring, trying to geta seeking to obtain an enda seeking for information, question, inquirya seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resorta seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asyluma seeking with hostile intent, an attack inquisitio the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea seekinglevying fines socasoca quaestio inquisitio an attack an action, prosecution an assemblage a parish

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And íc wylle ðæt seó sócne (soca, Lat.) wiðinnen Bichámdíc licge intó Ramesége on eallen þingen swá full swá ic heó méseolf áhte . . . and se abbod and ða gebróðra intó Ramsége habben ða sócne (socam) ofer heom . . .

Linked entry: fird-sócn

sócn

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Add Þá word mé secgendum eft óðru sócn and frignung mé is on mód becumen mihi haec dicenti alia suboritur quaestio, Gr. D. 137, 29. Þurh sócne per inquisitionem, 265, 8. v. fird-, hundred-, tó-sócn

ciric-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
ciric-sócn, cyric-sócn, e; f

Church-privilegeecclesiæ immunitas

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Church-privilege; ecclesiæ immunitas Be ciricsócnum of church-privileges, L. In. 5; Th. i. 104, 12

mete-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
mete-sócn, e; f.

Desire for foodappetite

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Desire for food, appetite Of ðæs magan ádle cumaþ ungemetlíca metesócna, L. M. 2, 1; Lchdm. ii. 174, 27

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fyrd-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-sócn, e; f. [sócn the seeking]

The seeking of the armymilitary servicemīlĭtia

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The seeking of the army, military service; mīlĭtia Ðæt hit sý gefreód ealra þeówdóma, búton fyrdsócne, and burhgeweorce and bryggeweorce that it shall be freed from all services, except military service, castle-building, and bridge-work, Th. Diplm. A.D

hám-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hám-sócn, e; f.

Attack on a man's house; also the fine paid for such a breach of the peacethe crime of beating or assaulting a person within his own housean inroad or attack on one's homeattack on one's house

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Gif hwá hámsócne gewyrce gebéte ðæt mid fíf pundan ðam cyningce if any one commit 'ham-socn,' let him pay a fine of five pounds to the king, 63; Th. i. 408, 27

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cyric-sócn

(n.)

a church-privilege

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a church-privilege, Cod. Dipl. 870; Kmbl. iv. 220, 19

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cyric-sócn

Similar entry: ciric-sócn

friþ-sócn

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Dele 'A peace-refuge,' and for the passage substitute Éhte his ǽlc þára þe Godes freónd sí, búton ꝥ gewurþe ꝥ hé ætberste, and swá deópe friðsðcne geséce ꝥ se cyningc him þurh ꝥ feores geunne. Add:

land-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
land-sócn, e; f.
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Search for land or country Tófaran on landsócne to separate in search of land [of the dispersion at the tower of Babel], Cd. 80; Th. 100, 17; Gen. 1665: 81; Th. 102, 12; Gen. 1699

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hláford-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-sócn, e; f.

The 'seeking' a lord for the purpose of being in his service, and under his protection

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The 'seeking' a lord for the purpose of being in his service, and under his protection Ne dominus libero homini hlafordsoknam interdicat si eum recte custodierit, L. Ath. ii. 4; Th. i. 216, 25: iii. 5; Th. i. 218, 25

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fird-sócn

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Take here fyrd- sócn and add:

hám-sócn

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Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne wyrðe, and griðbryces and hámsócne, Cht. E. 233, 3. Add

ciric-sócn

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L. 30, 4. seeking a church for protection, a church as sanctuary. v. sócn, Be ciricsócnum. Gif hwá sié deáðes scyldig, and hé cirican geierne, Ll.

friþ-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
friþ-sócn, e; f.

A peace-refugean asylumasȳlum

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A peace-refuge, an asylum; asȳlum Ðæt he friþsócne geséce that he may seek a refuge of peace, L. Eth. ix. 1; Th. i. 340, 8: L. C. E. 2; Th. i. 358, 25

scip-sócn

(n.)

hundred-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
hundred-sócn, e; f.
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Attendance at the hundred-gemot; fine for non-attendance Omnes forisfacturas terrarum suarum, id est, burgbrice, hundredsócna, áthas, ordélas, . . . hámsócna et frithbrice et foresteall, Cht. Th. 187, 23. Cf. Of Hylle . . . hámsócne and forsteall, griðbrice

tó-sócn

(n.)
Grammar
tó-sócn, e; f.
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Visiting Þá forman costunga preósthádes mannon cumað of wífa gelómlicre tósócne ( feminarum frequentes accessus ), Chrd. 67, 36

soc

(n.)
Grammar
soc, es; n.

Suck, sucking at the breast

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Suck, sucking at the breast On ðone dæg ðe man ðæt cild fram soce áteáh in die ablactationis ejus Gen. 21, 8. [Seseȝ childer of her sok A. P. 103, 391. Taken awei fro sok, or wenyd Wick. (Isaiah 11, 8)]

socc

(n.)
Grammar
socc, es; m.

A sock, kind of shoe soccus, caliga, calicula a sock.

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A sock, kind of shoe Socc soccus Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 70. Soccas pedules (cf. meó) R. Ben. Interl. 92, 1