A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1600-1699
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(Solem(p)ny,) Solemnie, Solempni, adv. [Late ME solempny (a1470), also solempni, -y adj. (15th c.); Solem(p)n(e adj.] a. = Solem(p)nly adv. 1. b. = Solem(p)nly adv. 4 b. —a. a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvii 1207.
& thare solempni with honoure Thai grathit for it a sepulture —b. 16… R. Gordon in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. II 401.
All the acts wer solemnie read and proclaimed
