A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Solly, -ie, adv. [e.m.E. sooly (a1539), soly(e, solly (1622); also solely (1495); Soll adj.] Solely, alone, without the association of any other; only. —1603 Reg. Privy C. VI 549.
By quhais death and dissolutioun the imperiall crounes of thais realmes foirsaid ar now absolutlie, hollie and sollie, come to the heich and michtie Prince James the Sext 1681 Stair Inst. iii viii § 17.
[Heirs] were either institute solely or joyntly 1666 Glasgow Chart. II 109.
The towne of Dumbartowne doeth not found ther right solly one that protestatione 1683 Martine Reliq. Divi Andreae 39.
The Priorie of St. Andrews was not founded sollie by the Bishop of St. Andrews, nor whollie out of the kirks of his chapter
