Sc. and north. Obs. Also 4 somend, sumund, 4–5 somond(e, 6 sumond, sowmmond. [a. AF., OF. somondre, sumundre, semondre: see SUMMON v.] To summon. Hence Summonding vbl. sb.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 5327. Þe king þan did his lettres writte To somond al.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, vii. 12. He somondis þaim till penaunce. Ibid., cxlviii. 12. Here sumundis he men and women … to loue þe name of oure lord.
1425. Munim. de Melros (Bann. Cl.), 544. We gert somond … Johne … abbot of Melrosse … on þe ta part and … Johne hag of bemersyde on þe thoþer part.
a. 1450. Ratis Raving, III. 383. Bere þow wytnes but somondynge, Þow may be set fra wytnesinge.
c. 1575. Balfour, Practicks (1754), 303. Summounding is ane declaratioun of ane certane lauchful day and place, maid befoir sufficient witnessis, to ane partie, to compeir in judgment. Ibid., 305. To summound ony persounis to pas upon any assise or inqueist.
a. 1578. Lindesay (Pitscottie), Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.), I. 67. Thair come ane thunderand woyce out of heawin cryand and sowmmondand him to the extreme iudgement of god.
1639. Drumm. of Hawth., Hist. Jas. IV., Wks. (1711), 74. A proclamation … summonding a great many burgesses … to appear … before the tribunal of one Plot-Cock.
c. 1680. Dallas, Stiles (1688), 185. That ye lawfully summond, warn and charge the forenamed persons.
1711. in Nairne Peerage Evidence (1874), 143. [To] call and convein parties and witnesses summond inquests and asysses.
