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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''': style (stíll)
* '''Key words''': language and style (mál og stíll)




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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.

  • Key words: language and style (mál og 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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