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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1520-1535
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Soler(e, n. [ME and e.m.E. soler (c1305), solare (c1450), e.m.E. also sollar (1530), OE solor, soler-, L. solārium, f. sōl sun. ‘In ME perhaps, however, readopted from AF soler, solair, = OF solier‘ (OED).] An upper room, an upper chamber. Only in Nisbet after Purvey, tr. L. cenaculum. — c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts i 13.
Quhen thai war entrit in the hous … thai went vp into the solere [P. soler, W. soupyng place; L. cœnaculum] c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts ix 37.
Quhen thai had weschin hir thai laid hir in a solere [P. soler, W. soupyng place; L. cœnaculo] c1520-c1535 Nisbet Acts xx 8.
Mony lampis war in the soler
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