† sompne, v. Obs.
Also 5 sompny.
[Variant of somne v.2, with insertion of p as in nempne nemn v.]
trans. To summon.
| 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. ii. 142 Þus sysoures ben sompned þe false to serue. c 1380 Wyclif Wks. (1880) 151 He schal be sompned, ponyschid & cursed. c 1386 Chaucer Friar's T. 49 (Harl.), Withoute maundement, a lewed man He couthe sompne. 14.. Lat.-Eng. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 573 Cito, to sompny. 1471 in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 309 The seriaunt shal sompne ony suche att his house. |
Hence † ˈsompning vbl. n. Obs.
| c 1400 Plowman's Tale in Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 330 To speake they shull not be so bold, For sompning to the consistorye. c 1400 Brut Prol. 1 Dioclician anon lete make a sompnyng. 1490–1 [see sompnour]. |