Sperber, Hans. Etymology of the Verb Sock

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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)


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

Enska sögnin "sock" hefur tvær aðskildar merkingar: orðið getur átt við þungt högg eða lag þegar vopn sekkur inn í líkama. Fjöldi dæma (úr Eglu, Snorra-Eddu og Völsunga sögu) gefa til kynna að „sökkva" í fornu norrænu máli hafi verið notað um það þegar sverð „sökkur" inn í líkama andstæðings. Enska sögnin er líklega leidd af norræna orðinu; frekari vísbendingar í þá átt eru orð í mállýskum sem talaðar eru á Hjaltlandi og í Orkneyjum.

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  • Written by: Katelin Parsons
  • Icelandic translation: Jón Karl Helgason