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* '''Reference''': Sperber, Hans. "Etymology of the Verb Sock." ''Language'' 28/1 (1952): 109-11. | * '''Reference''': Sperber, Hans. "Etymology of the Verb Sock." ''Language'' 28/1 (1952): 109-11. | ||
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* '''Key words''': | * '''Key words''': style (stíll) | ||
==Annotation== | ==Annotation== | ||
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. | |||
==Lýsing== | ==Lýsing== | ||
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* ''Icelandic/English translation:'' | * ''Icelandic/English translation:'' | ||
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Revision as of 22:42, 5 March 2012
- Author: Sperber, Hans.
- Title: Etymology of the Verb Sock
- Published in: Language 28/1
- Year: 1952
- Pages: 109-11
- E-text:
- Reference: Sperber, Hans. "Etymology of the Verb Sock." Language 28/1 (1952): 109-11.
- Key words: style (stíll)
Annotation
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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