Sc. Obs. In 5–6 sonȝe, 6 soinȝe, sounȝe, sonye, swnye, sunyie. [var. SOIGN v.] intr. To hesitate, delay, refuse. Also refl.
c. 1470. Henry, Wallace, III. 110. Than graithit thai thaim till harnes hastely, Thar sonȝeit nane of that gud chewalrye.
c. 1500. Kennedie, Passion of Christ, 1526. He sonȝeit him, or he wald forthir pas.
1508. Dunbar, Poems, vii. 31. Withe us to liue,… Quhilk never sall swnye for thy saik to bleid.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), II. 242. Quhy sonye ye, maist vailyeant campionis? quhy pas ye nocht forthwart with gret spreit?
1573. Satir. Poems Reform., xxxix. 368. He soinȝeit not to ga him self and se.
