† ˈwondsome, a. Obs. rare.
[Of Scand. origin (cf. MSw. vandsamr difficult, troublesome; Norw. vandsam difficult to please): see wonde v. and -some.]
Beset with difficulty; in quot. quasi-n. (see for prep. 10). So † ˈwondsomely (wandsomdly) a. [cf. MSw. vandsamliker].
| ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 3836 And for wondsome and wille alle his wit failede. Ibid. 4012 The waye vnto Wynchestre thay wente..Wery and wandsomdly. |