† ˈsummonds Sc. and north. Obs.
Forms: 5 so(w)moundis, 5–6 summondis, 6 summoundis, s(o)umondis, 7 summonds.
Variant of summons assimilated to summond v.
| 14.. in Surtees Misc. (1890) 60 The fyrst day of somondes or atachement. c 1450 Holland Howlat 134 For all statis of kirk that wnder Crist standis, To semble to his summondis. c 1470 Henry Wallace ix. 1872 Sowmoundis thai maid, and chargyt Bruce be nayme. 1564–5 Reg. Privy Council Scot. Ser. i. I. 321 The copy of the summondis of transferring. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 150 Than was send ane summondis of foirfaltour. a 1649 Drummond of Hawthornden Hist. Jas. III, Wks. (1711) 57 Some rent his summonds, and beat shamefully his heraulds. 1672 Rec. Proc. Justic. Crt. Edinb. (S.H.S.) II. 77 A Messenger executing a Summonds must shew his Warrand. c 1680 Dallas Stiles (1688) 188 Here follow furth the second Dyet as in the first Summonds. |