Now Sc. [L., dative gerund of solvĕre SOLVE v.] Solvent.
Modified forms (as silvendy), with transference of meaning, also occur in Sc. dialect use.
a. 1684. Leighton, Expos. Ten Commandm., Wks. (1868), 492/2. If God be solvendo, if he be a sufficient debtor.
[1704. J. Harris, Lex. Techn., I. Solvendo esse, a Term in Law, signifying that a Man hath wherewith to pay, or is a Person solvent.]
1825. Jamieson, Suppl., Solvendie,… sufficient to pay one’s debts, solvent, Ang[us]…. Solvendo is also used, Aberd[een].
