soleyn

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman soleyn, solayn (continental Old French solain),;[1] compare sole (“sole, single”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suˈlæi̯n/, (reduced) /ˈsulɛn/, /ˈsulin/

Adjective

soleyn (chiefly Late Middle English)

  1. alone, solitary (of one person; in solitude)
  2. exceptional, singular, unusual
  3. sullen, brooding, morose
  4. (rare) restrained, respectable
  5. (rare) lonely, desolate

Descendants

  • English: sullen

Noun

soleyn (plural *soleyns) (rare, chiefly Late Middle English)

  1. A single or singular person
  2. A meal that serves a single person.
  3. The sullen; sullen people.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ “solein(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

sole +‎ -eyn (Anglo-Norman variant of -ain).

Adjective

soleyn m (oblique and nominative feminine singular soleyne)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) solitary; alone
  2. (Anglo-Norman) sole; only

Descendants

References

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