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* '''Author''': Sperber, Hans.
* '''Title''': Etymology of the Verb Sock
* '''Published in''': ''Language'' 28/1
* '''Year''': 1952
* '''Pages''': 109-11
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* '''Reference''': Sperber, Hans. "Etymology of the Verb Sock." ''Language'' 28/1 (1952): 109-11. 
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* '''Key words''': style (stíll)



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The verb ‘sock’ has two distinct meanings: a heavy blow and a blow or thrust by which a weapon enters the body. A number of Old Norse examples (from Egils saga, Snorra Edda and Völsunga saga) show that ON ‘sökkva’ is used where a sword sinks (‘sökkur’) into an opponent’s body. The English verb likely derives from ON ‘sökkva’; further evidence for this can be found in dialectal words in the Shetland and Orkney Islands.


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