a. and adv. Obs. In 5 solempny, -ni. [f. SOLEMN a.] A. adj. Solemn.
c. 1420. Chron. Vilod., 1797. Bot a solempniere dedicacione for-sothe þer nas In Wylton neuer byfore þat day y-done.
1448–9. Metham, Wks. (E.E.T.S.), 51. And euery man that he coude off myrth or pley Schuld schewe yt … this solempny day.
c. 1450. Godstow Reg., 489. That the fest of seynt Margarete myght be the more solempnyere and the more devoutly be halowed and honoured.
B. adv. Solemnly. (Cf. SOLENNY adv.)
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, xxvii. (Machor), 1207. Þare solempni with honoure þai grathit for it a sepulture.
a. 1470. Contin. Brut, 493. And in euery town by þe way he had solempny his Dirige on þe evyn, & masse on þe morne.
