sb. Obs. [Alteration of SOLACE sb.1, after forms in -ance.] Solace.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, xxix. (Placidas), 728. As ȝung men wil do for solance, & als to mak þar acquintance.
c. 1400. Melayne, 357. Ne hope ȝe noghte … Þat ne we sall solance see. Ibid., 831. Thay crownnede þe Sowdane…, Þat Solance was to seene.
So † Solance v. Obs.
13[?]. Guy Warw., 4293. Gij bileft in court atte mete, Him to play & solanci.
a. 1400. Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS., 9. Þe third es, to solance [printed solauce] thaym þat er sorowefull.
