Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Solempnely, adv. pompously, with pomp, A 274, B 317, 399, 691, F 179, G 272.

Solempnitee, s. pomp, A 870; outward show, C 244; due ceremony, E 1709.

Soleyn, adj. sole, solitary, 3. 982; unmated, 5. 607, 614. Mod. E. sullen.

Solide, adj. solid, A. i. 17. 15.

Solitarie, adj. alone, A 1365; solitary, 16. 46.

Solitude, s. 4. 65.

Solsticioun, s. the solstice, or point of the ecliptic most remote from the equator, A. i. 17. 6. Lat. solstitium.

Som, (sum), indef. pron. some, A 640, B 1182; one, a certain man, G 922; one, 3. 305; another, 5. 476; som shrewe is, some one (at least) is wicked, G 995; Som ... som, one ... another, A 3031; Som kinnes, i.e. of some sort, B 1137 n; Somme, pl. some, B 2139, E 76, 1471; T. iv. 995; Sŏme (sumə), some (of them), L. 1050.

Somdel, adv. somewhat, R. 118, 479; A 174, 446, 2170, B 4011; a little, 5. 112; L. 1183; in some measure, B 5. p 6. 56; A 3911, E 1012.

Somer, (sŭmer), s. summer, A 394; L. 170; Someres, gen. L. 206; 3. 821; B 554, F 64, 142; Somers,