somdel
English
References
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, somdel
Middle English
Alternative forms
- sumdel
- sumdele
Adverb
somdel
- somewhat, to an extent, in some measure
- A povre wydwe, somdel stape in age” — Chaucer, "The Canterbury Tales" (The Nonnes Preestes Tale)
- part, portion, a bit, small amount
- Þer gooþ to waast þerof somdel. — Sidrak and Bokkus, 1500
- in ~: in this instance, in this case (transl. of Latin in hac parte)
- We hafe sent...oure breþere as of what maner I seyde, þai be redy, lest of þat þat we hafe ioyed, it be voyded in sumdele. — The Pauline Epistles, 2 Cor 9:3, 1425
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