An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Priests Peblis.

SOLIST, adj. Careful, anxious; Lat. solicit-us.
Compl. S.

To SOLIST, v. a. To solicit.
Douglas.

Solistare, s. A solicitor.
Acts Ja. V.

SON, s. The sun.

Belg. son, id.

Douglas.

SONCE, s. Prosperity.
V. [Sons].

To SONYIE, SUNYIE, v. n.
1. To care, to regard.
Bannatyne P.
2. To be anxious, as implying a fearful apprehension of the future.
Wallace.
3. To be diligent.
Lyndsay.
4. Denoting hesitation, in consequence of anxious thought.
Bellenden.

Fr. soign-er, to care, to be diligent.