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: 1498-1499
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(Somnolent,) Sompnolent, adj. [e.m.E. sompnolent (c1475), somnolent (1615), MF somnolent (a1429 in Larousse), L. somnul-, somnolent- full of sleep.] Somnolent, drowsy. —a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 801 (Asl.).
Off sytefull sottis in syn so sompnolent [Arund. ? sumpnslent or ? sumpuslent] Awake fra slepe