A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sok(e)man(e, n. [ME and e.m.E. soke- (c1290), sok- (a1579), soc(k)man (1650-70), AF sokeman, med. L. (Eng.) soke-, soche-, socmannus.] A person who holds land in sokage. —14.. Reg. Maj. c. 58.
Gif he be fre sok man the heretage salbe diuidyt betuix thaim [sc. the heirs] be ewyn porconnis 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 57.
Ony mane … gif that he has bot a sone … it is suth that that sone sal succede in al the heretagis gif that he leffis ma sonis it is to be distingyt quhether that he be knycht be knychtis fee or fre soke mane 1447 Ayr B. Ct. 17 Nov.
Alsua thai hafe ordanit foure sokmen at the spetale be caus [etc.] 1575 Inverness Rec. I 244.
James Paterson … allegit quhatsumewir haiffand tenement or ruide of land or sok man aucht and suld haif pointtis of heritage according to the lawes … of this realme
