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English
Adverb
somdel (not comparable)
- Alternative form of somedeal
References
- Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology
From som (“some”) + del (“deal, part, portion”).
Adverb
somdel
- somewhat, to an extent, in some measure
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of the Nonnes Preest”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
- 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