† solemnedadj.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Solemn, in various senses.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [adjective]
solemna1340
ceremonial138.
solemnyc1420
solemned1423
solenc1460
solemnel?1473
solemnly1482
ceremonious1555
ritual1570
rituous1604
ceremonicala1627
liturgical1641
liturgic1656
Levitical1670
hierurgical1725
sacral1882
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective]
seinec1330
sober1362
unfeastlyc1386
murec1390
unlaughter-milda1400
sadc1400
solemnyc1420
solemned1423
serious1440
solemnc1449
solenc1460
solemnel?1473
moy1487
demure1523
grave1549
staid1557
sage1564
sullen1583
weighty1602
solid1632
censoriousa1637
(as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650
untriumphant1659
setc1660
agelastic1666
austere1667
humourless1671
unlaughing1737
smileless1740
untriflinga1743
untittering1749
steady1759
dun1797
antithalian1818
dreich1819
laughterless1825
unsmiling1826
laughless1827
unfestive1844
sober-sided1847
gleeless1850
unfarcical1850
mome1855
deedy1895
button-down1959
buttoned-down1960
straight-faced1975
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adjective] > full of or accompanied by ceremony or formality
solemnc1369
solemned1423
solenc1460
solemnel?1473
formal1596
set1606
ceremoniousa1616
circumstantial1710
full dress1776
society > faith > worship > vow > [adjective] > of vow: formal or serious
solemnc1315
sacramentala1464
solemned1567
the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [adjective] > relating to an oath > of an oath: solemn
deepOE
solemnc1315
solemned1567
religious1592
1423 Kingis Quair lxxix Thir peple sawe I stand, With mony a solempt [so MS.] contenance.
c1450 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1842) III. i. 203 Ane haly wattyr fat of siluer..for solemnit festis.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. ii. 24 Netheles suld I..exequies, with solempt [v.r. solemnyt, solempnit] pomp and fair, Dewlie perform.
1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 27 Ane notable cause of thir solennit dayis geuis the said renownit Father Augustine.
1564 J. Knox Bk. Common Order (1584) C vj The cutting off..by publicke and solemned sentence, all obstinate and impenitent persons.
1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 542 I faythfullie affirme be my solempnit ayth.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adverb]
in (full, great) formc1405
solemnedlyc1480
religiously1576
ceremoniously1600
complementally?1617
ceremonially1644
complimentally1679
solemn1743
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adverb]
highlyOE
deeplyc1300
solemnlya1325
sadlya1375
soberly1382
demurelyc1400
sadc1400
seriouslyc1425
solemnya1470
murely1474
solemnedlyc1480
solenny1480
in (good, sober, serious) sadness1545
gravely1553
staidly1571
solemniouslya1578
solidly1632
in sad earnest1637
ponderously1637
in jest-earnest1642
in all seriousness1679
joking apart1745
unhumorously1768
solidly1799
in sober earnest1836
mirthlessly1853
votively1857
smilelessly1869
unmirthfully1872
unsmilingly1879
inhumorously1898
soberingly1923
straightfacedly1977
c1480 (a1400) St. Martha 202 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 291 Al hyre covent..hyre exequies dewotly did..& solempnitly.
1566 Actis & Constit. Scotl. To Rdr. [They] had thair statutis..inrollit, bukit, and solempnitlie red to all the pepill.
1573 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 200 Oure Soverane Lordis Commissioneris..solempnitlie promeist and sweare [etc.].
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