Sum-dǽl
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - sum-dǽl
According to the Old English Dictionary:
- sum-dǽl
- somewhat, some portion :-- Gelamp hit ꝥ Scotta sumdǽl gewát of Ybernian on Brittene and þes landes sumdǽl geeódan, Chr. pref.; P. 3, 18-5, 1. In þám glæsfæte wæs gesewen sumdǽl (hwæthwega lytel dǽl, ) eles tó láfe in vase vitreo parum olei remansisse videbatur, Gr. D. 159, 22. Hé gewát féran út sumdǽl óðres weorces (sum weorc, v. l.) tó wyrcanne ad exercendum opus aliquod discessit, 63, 28. Tó þon ꝥ heó mihte sumdǽl (sumne dǽl, v. l. ) hwǽtes (hwylcnehugu hwǽte, v. l.) geclǽnsian ad purgandum triticum, 97, 3. [v. N. E. D. some-deal.] sum-dæl