Solempne

and als commandit bat bir priestis sail pab throw pe stretis of be tovne singand melodius sangis with solempne dansing and leping'.

Quat wan we wyt oure wele-dede hat wroghtyn ay rizt, Quen we are dampnyd dulfully into pe depe lake And exiled fro pat soper so, pat solempne fest per richely hit ante refetyd pat after right hungride?

on misschapen pings" (1355) and his wit "blemyst" (1421) with his unnatural desires, Belshazzar himself grows "dronkken as be deuel" (1500), while his concubines, like dogs, "lape" their wine from the holy temple vessels, meant only for the "solempne sacrefyce" to God (1434, 1447).

it hath byn accustomyd vppon the evyn of seynt Osmu{n}de beyng the xvth day of Iulij whiche seynt lieth in the Cathedrall churche of Sar{um] as seynt Edward doth in westmynst{er}on the whiche seynte Osmu{n}d{e}s eve a solempne watche hathe byn vsyd after the order of the watche kepte in London on mydsom{er} evyn to the whiche watche moche people hathe been accustomed to resorte vnto.

The deverbal noun may be accompanied by content adjectives as well as by members of closed-class items, as is the case with solempne oth in example 9, or by participial adjectives, as in 10 below.

The real meaning is "solempne" (that mood of pomp and ceremony characteristic of coronations), but Jeffries treats it as if it meant "sad," using a remote flat tonality.

3) - influenced the line, 'in solempne robes they glad shall goe' (10), in Psalm 110.

The king prescribed the role of the City in this welcome of his bride; a precept of 29 July 1662 issued by the Lord Mayor to the livery companies stated that the king 'expects such demonstrac[i]on of affection from this Cittie as hath bin vsuall vpon so greate & solempne occasione'.(83) The attendance of the livery companies was required, and this precept further required them

10) But among alle solempne medicines, high leches and cunnyng commenden aloe and praysin hit highly.