See also: SOD, SoD, sód, sød, soð, and sođ

EnglishEdit

 
Workers laying sod.

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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.

NounEdit

sod (plural sods)

  1. (uncountable) That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward.
    • 1746, William Collins, Ode written in the year 1746
      She there shall dress a sweeter sod / Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
  2. (uncountable) Turf grown and cut specifically for the establishment of lawns.
    The landscapers rolled sod onto the bare earth and made a presentable lawn by nightfall.
  3. (countable) A piece of this.
    • 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 338:
      In Walachia, green sods are laid on the window-sills and on the lintels of the doors to avert the uncanny crew [i.e. witches].
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VerbEdit

sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

  1. To cover with sod.
    He sodded the worn areas twice a year.
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Etymology 2Edit

From sodomite or sodomize, by shortening.

NounEdit

sod (plural sods)

  1. (Britain, Ireland, vulgar) Sodomite; bugger.
    • 1998, Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet, Virago (2018), page 207:
      The Empire, in particular, was always thick with sods: they strolled side-by-side with the gay girls of the promenade, or stood, in little knots, exchanging gossip, comparing fortunes, greeting one another with flapping hands and high, extravagant voices.
  2. (Britain, Ireland, slang, mildly derogatory, formerly considered vulgar) A person; often qualified with an adjective.
    You mean old sod!
    poor sod
    unlucky sod
    You silly sod
  3. (Britain, Ireland, mildly vulgar) Any trifling amount, a bugger, a damn, a jot.
    I don’t care a sod.
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InterjectionEdit

sod

  1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, vulgar) expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

VerbEdit

sod (third-person singular simple present sods, present participle sodding, simple past and past participle sodded)

  1. (transitive, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, vulgar) Bugger; sodomize.
  2. (transitive, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, vulgar) Damn, curse, confound.
    Sod him!, Sod it!, Sod that bastard!
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Etymology 3Edit

From the Old English plural past tense, or a back-formation from the past participle sodden.

VerbEdit

sod

  1. (obsolete) simple past tense of seethe

AdjectiveEdit

sod (comparative more sod, superlative most sod)

  1. (obsolete) Boiled.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , New York, 2001, p.223:
      Beer, if it be over-new, or over-stale, over-strong, or not sod, [] is most unwholesome, frets, and galls, etc.
  2. (Australia, of bread) Sodden; incompletely risen.
    sod damper

NounEdit

sod (plural sods)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) A damper (bread) which has failed to rise, remaining a flat lump.
    • 1954, Tom Ronan, Vision Splendid; quoted in Tom Burton, Words in Your Ear, Wakefield Press, 1999, →ISBN, page 120:
      And Mart the cook the shovel took / And swung the damper to and fro. / 'Another sod, so help me God, / That's fourteen in a flamin' row.

Etymology 4Edit

NounEdit

sod (plural sods)

  1. The rock dove.

AnagramsEdit

BretonEdit

NounEdit

sod m

  1. imbecile

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse sót (soot).

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NounEdit

sod c (singular definite soden, not used in plural form)

  1. soot

VerbEdit

sod

  1. imperative of sode

MalteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Italian sodo, from Latin solidus. Doublet of solidu.

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AdjectiveEdit

sod (feminine singular soda, plural sodi)

  1. firm; steadfast

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse soð. Doublet of sodd.

NounEdit

sod n (definite singular sodet, indefinite plural sod, definite plural soda)

  1. boiling, bubbling
  2. broth
  3. meat soup

ReferencesEdit

SloveneEdit

 
Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *sǫdъ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sọ̑d m inan

  1. barrel

InflectionEdit

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. sód
gen. sing. sóda
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
sód sóda sódi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
sóda sódov sódov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
sódu sódoma sódom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
sód sóda sóde
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
sódu sódih sódih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
sódom sódoma sódi
Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing. sód
gen. sing. sóda
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
sód sodôva sodôvi
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
sóda sodôv sodôv
dative
(dajȃlnik)
sódu sodôvoma sodôvom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
sód sodôva sodôve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
sódu sodôvih sodôvih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
sódom sodôvoma sodôvi

Further readingEdit

  • sod”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

VolapükEdit

NounEdit

sod (nominative plural sods)

  1. sauce

DeclensionEdit