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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1569-1573
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(Sone,) Sonne, v. [e.m.E. sonne (1558) to place in or expose to the sun, sunne (1610) in the following sense; Son(e n.1] reflex. To ‘sun’ oneself, to expose oneself to, or bask in, sunshine. — 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 110.
[They] raid to Leith to rin thair horse and take the ayre … bot Sir James Balfoure … come nocht furth to sonne him with the rest
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