sumdel

English

Alternative forms

• somdel
• sumdeal
• sumdele

Etymology

From Middle English sumdel.

Adverb

sumdel (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of somedeal

Middle English

Alternative forms

• somdel
• sumdele

Etymology

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

Adverb

sumdel

1. somewhat, to an extent, in some measure
   • c. 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, Parliament of Fowls:

     Thow hast the so wel born In lokynge of myn olde bok totorn..That sumdel of thy labour wolde I quyte.

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2. part, portion, a bit, small amount
   • 1425, Wycliffe Bible, Gen. 40:4:

     Sumdel of tyme passide, and thei weren hooldun in kepyng.

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3. in ~: in this instance, in this case (transl. of Latin in hac parte)
   • 1425, “The Pauline Epistles”, in Wycliffe Bible, 2 Cor 9:3:

     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.

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