somdel

somdel (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of somedeal

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

• lesdom, models, seldom

• sumdel
• sumdele

From som (“some”) +‎ del (“deal, part, portion”).

somdel

1. somewhat, to an extent, in some measure
   • 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Tale of the Nonnes Preest”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

     A povre wydwe, somdel stape in age”

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2. part, portion, a bit, small amount

   Þer gooþ to waast þerof somdel. — Sidrak and Bokkus, 1500

3. 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