somedeal, n., adv., and a. Now arch. or dial.
(ˈsʌmdiːl)
Forms: 1 sum dæl, 2 summ del, 4 sum del(l, 6 Sc. sum deill, deyll; 1 (adv.) sume daeli, dæle, 3 sume dale, 4–5 some dele (5 som dele, somme del), 6–7 some deale, 6– some deal; 1, 3–5 sumdel (5 summedel, 5, 9 dial. sumdell), 3–4 somdel (4 zom-), 5 so(u)mdell, 5, 9 dial. somdell, 4–5 somedel (6 -dell); 5–6 sumdele (6 -deale), Sc. -deil(l; 4 somdiel, 5 Sc. -deill, 5 -deele, 5–6 -dele, -deale; 4–6 somedele, 5–7 -deale, 6– somedeal (6 -deall).
[f. OE. sum some a.1 4 b + dǽl deal n.1 In advb. use partly representing the OE. instrumental forms sume dǽle.]
A. n. Some part or portion of some thing or things; some, somewhat.
| a 900 O.E. Chron. (Parker MS.) an. 785, Iaenbryht ærcebisc. forlet sumne dæl his bisc'domes. 922 in Birch Cartul. Sax. II. 313 Ic sylle sumne dæl londes. a 1122 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) Pref., Scotta sum dæl ᵹewat of Ybernian on Brittene. c 1200 Ormin 1106 Nu habbe icc shæwedd ȝuw summ del Off þa Judisskenn lakess. c 1320 Cast. Love 1371 Sumdel ȝe habbeþ i-herd nou riht Of his strengþe and of his miht. 1375 Barbour Bruce v. 358 Thai..thaim defendit weill, Till of thair men war slane sumdeill. 1502 W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione ii. x. (1893) 188 All worldly & bodely plesurs be..mixte with somdele of vnclenes. 1553 N. Grimalde Cicero's Offices i. (1558) 10 Somdeale of our birth our contrey, somedeale our parentes,..do claime. 1593 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 81 Some deale of Selfe⁓liking. 1896 Crockett Grey Man x, You have had some deal of that too. |
b. dial. A considerable number of people.
| 1851 Sternberg Dial. & Folk-Lore Northants 101 ‘Was there many people at your feast?’ ‘Ees, theer war some⁓deal o' folk.’ |
B. adv. In some degree or measure; to some extent; somewhat; partly: a. In general use.
| c 725 Corpus Gloss. P 4 Partim, sumedaeli. 1154 O.E. Chron. an. 1137, Nu we willen sæᵹen sumdel wat belamp on Stephnes kinges time. c 1205 Lay. 1183 Milc wes i þere scale, & win sume dale [c 1275 somdel]. c 1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 118 A taillage it is, and sumdel with vnriȝte i-take. c 1340 Ayenb. 268 Þaȝ ich zomdel þis onderstonde. c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 4238 Hym semede þan it was a knyȝt,..And sumdel was agaste. c 1440 Pallad. on Husb. xiii. 84 Lord,..do me sumdel rise Thy self in hym to se. a 1533 Frith Answ. More (1548) O viij b, I doubte not..but that it doth some deal vexe you. 1579 Spenser Sheph. Cal. May 56 Thou lackest somedele their delight. 1650 T. B[ayley] Worcester's Apoph. Ep. Ded. 1 Some-deale a pretender unto gratitude. 1849 Rock Ch. of Fathers II. 143 note, It would seem, that ornament..varied some deal in shape. 1854 A. E. Baker Northampt. Gloss., Som-dell, in some measure, somewhat. 1896 Burgess Lowra Biglan 45 They had got into a way of sitting by themselves some deal of late. |
b. Qualifying a following adj., adv., or pa. pple.
| a 1225 Leg. Kath. 669 Ha wes sumdel offruht & offearet. c 1225 Ancr. R. 20 Ᵹif hit is halidei, buweð sumdel dune⁓ward. c 1300 Beket 95 This Gilbert him huld Somdel stille. c 1386 Chaucer Prol. 446 A good Wif was ther.., But sche was somdel deef. c 1440 Partonope 3120 Hit was nyght and somdele derk. c 1450 Knt. de la Tour cix. 148 By as moche as she was sumdel abaisshed. 1524 State P. Hen. VIII (1836) IV. 210 Her Grace was somedeall busyed to make us a good aunsuer. 1592 R. D. Hypnerotomachia 14 The vpper part of a womans head some deale bare. 1605 B. Jonson Volpone v. vi. [x.], I'le not iustifie The other, but he may be some-deale faulty. 1819 Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 69 Though somedeal auld, In spreit yet juvenil and bauld. 1828 Scott F.M. Perth xvii, Though we know he was somedeal hurt in that matter. |
c. With comparatives.
| c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 144 Seo [wyrt] hæfð sume dæle læssan leaf ðonne docce. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 3 Hit lasteð þre wuke fulle and sum del more. c 1300 Havelok 2950 The feste of his coruning Laste..Fourti dawes, and sumdel mo. ? a 1366 Chaucer Rom. Rose 118 From an hille..Cam doun the streme.., And somedele lasse it was than Seyn. c 1374 ― Boeth. i. pr. v. (1868) 25 For whiche we wile vsen somedel lyȝter medicines. c 1450 Bk. Curtasye 808 in Babees Bk., I let hit here ouer passe, To make oure talkyng summedelasse. 1565 Jewel Reply Harding Pref. (1611) 7 Yet am I now some deale the more satisfied by these your trauels. 1583 Stubbes Anat. Abuses i. (1879) 53 It were some deal more tollerable. 1830 Miss Mitford Village Ser. iv. (1863) 298 The old red coat, some-deal the worse for wear. |
† C. adj. With a: A little; some. Obs.—1
| c 1340 Hampole Prose Tr. (1866) 17 [He] perauenture hase getyn by grace a som-dele ryste and a clerete in concyence. |
Hence † somedeally adv. Obs.
| c 1400 Hylton Scala Perf. i. xlii. (W. de W. 1494), This traueylle is somdelyche streyte & narrow. |