A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1527-1595
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(Solem(p)nising,) Solemnizeing, vbl. n. Also: solemnizene, (solemnzeing). [e.m.E. solemnising (1565); Solempnise v.] The act of performing or celebrating a. Homage. b. A marriage. = Solem(p)nizatioun n. a. —a. 1549 Lamb Resonyng 103/19.
Place and tyme of homage … quhilk twa thingis is specialie requirit for the solempnizing of ane greit acte sic as homage —b. 1527 Fam. Rose 200.
For the quhilk solemnizene of the said matrimonye and completing of the samyn … the said James … sall content and paye [etc.] 1557–8 Corr. M. Lorraine 411.
The solempnizing of matrimony betuix our soverane the quenis grace and the dolphing of France a1578 Pitsc. I 364/15.
The king … send for mony of his lordis … to come to him to France to do him honour in the solemnizeing of his marieaig 1595 Protocol Book of J. Robertsone 55.
The said William … eftir the completing and solemnzeing of the said marage to … pay … for the said ryng and wallour thairof
