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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Solitarnes, Solitarines, n. Also: sollitarnes, soliternes, solitairnes. [e.m.E. solytarynesse (a1533), solitarinesse (1560); Solitar adj.] The state of being solitary or alone; solitude; reclusiveness. —(a) a1578 Pitsc. I 163/2.
He was ane that lowit sollitarnes c1580-90 Rules of Health 2.
Keip fra … soliternes 1601 Elgin Rec. II 89.
Disposit to praye [she] went for solitarnes caus to the chanonrie kirk 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 145/285.
The doole, the solitairnes [pr. ed. solitarines] uith the pouertie that peipis 1622-6 Bisset II 361/7.
[St. Benedict] quhen he had leved lang in soliternes resorted to ane citie … named Sablaque —(b) 1596 Dalr. I 239/9.
His [sc. St. Fiacre's] solitarines was to him deirer … than ony kingdome 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 145/285 (see (a) above).
Solitairnes