Obs. [L., f. sōl sun + sequī to follow.] = prec.
[c. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, etc. 52. Epithimated with þe iuyse of solsequi, i. marigold. Ibid. Þe iuyse of solsiquii.]
1540[?]. Treas. of Poore Men, 43 b–44. For the Palsey. Take … two handefull of Hertestonge, two handefull of Solsequium.
a. 1568. Montgomerie, Misc. Poems, xv. 2. Lyk as the dum Solsequium … Hings doun his head.
So † Solsequy. Obs.–1
a. 1680. T. Brooks, in Spurgeon, Treas. David, xxx. 7 (1871), II. 58. Bowing and inclining the head, as the solsequy and mallow-flowers.
