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sodEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English sod, sodde first attested in the mid-15th century, from Middle Dutch zoden (“turf”) or Middle Low German sôde, soede (“turf”), both related to Dutch zode (“turf”), German Sode (“turf”), Old Frisian sātha (“sod”), all being of uncertain ultimate origin.
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Clipping of sodomite or sodomize.
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From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- SodEnglish · e-38700-2317
Sod, sod, n. any surface of earth grown with grass, &c.: turf.—adj. consisting of sod.—v.t. to cover with sod.—adj. Sod′dy, covered with sod: turfy.—The old sod, one's native soil. [Low Ger. sode; Ger. sode; perh. conn.
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Sod, sod, obsolete pa.t. of seethe.
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