som-time and somtime - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

sǒm-tīme adv.

Entry Info

Forms	sǒm-tīme adv. Also soumtime & (error) sumptyme.
Etymology	From sǒm adj. & tīme n.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

(a) At some time, sometimes; in some cases; occasionally, from time to time, now and then; ~ amonges, by turns; (b) ~..~ (..~, sometimes..sometimes (..sometimes, sometimes..other times; ~..another time, at some time..at another time; ~..nou..nou, at times..now..now; ~..som (whilom), other-while (som-while, umwhile)..~, sometimes..sometimes, sometimes..other times; (c) one time; ~ departed, having once departed.

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c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)19/7 : Bi dei sum time oder bi niht gederið in ower heorte alle seke.
c1350 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (Hrl 874)p.4 : Alle þe tribulaciouns & þe anguisshes ben hard & stronge forto suffren sumtyme.
a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)924 : For my seknes wiþ my siȝtes sumtime slakes & mani times doþ me mourne.
(c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.955 : Ne dorste he nat to hire his wo biwreye Saue that parauenture som tyme at daunces.
c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)6.47 : Ich laboure with..my sauter som tyme and my seuene psalmes.
a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)5/32 : Many man thretes and spekes ful ill Þat sum tyme war better to be stane still.
a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Eccl.4.14 : For sum tyme [WB(1): otherwhile; L interdum] a man goith out bothe fro prysoun and chaynes to a rewme.
?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)63a/a : Summe ben expelled oute of þe bodie and gone wiþ þe blode and summe tyme rote and maken a ffeuer.
(1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)484 : Sumtyme a-monge: Vicissim, alternatim.
a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)113a : Þe ferthe haþ foure or somtyme fyue raunges of oores in eiþer side.
a1450 Mandev.(3) (BodeMus 116)137/8 : The kyng of that lond takyth as manye wivis as him liste for to haue, that sumtyme he wele haue c.
c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)10/1 : Sumtyme it is lefful to hide a trewth, but it was neuer lefful to sey a fals.
?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.35.21b : Þanne after þis trauaile, and soumtime wiþ al swilk a man..our lord ȝifiþ a meditacion of his manhede.
a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.143 : Sumtyme sueche auenture of hungyr..fallyn be þe ordenaunce of God.
a1500 GRom.(Glo 42)769/1 : Gaye sepulcurs..sumtyme with cloþes of..golde are coveryd.

c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)3438 : Þus were in worre & in wo ymeng þe saxons, Some tyme aboue & some [vr. some tyme] bineþe her myd þe brutons.
a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)907,909 : Sum-time it [pain] hentis me wiþ hete as hot as ani fure..sum time i siȝh & singe samen to-geder.
(c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2327 : Som thyng that som tyme semeth to yow that it is good for to do, another tyme it semeth to yow the contrarie.
(c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.948-9 : Forth gooth hir ship..Somtyme [vr. Sum tim] west, and somtyme north and south, And somtyme est ful many a wery day.
(a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1131 : I bowe and profre my servise, Somtime in chambre, somtime in halle, Riht as I se the times falle.
a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)27767 : Man vmquile [Glb: Sum-tyme] squa worþis wode þat he gaine god wil seluin striue, & sum-time [Glb: whilum] dos him-self on liue.
a1400 Cursor (Trin-C R.3.8)7433 : Oþerwhile wiþ harpe, sumtyme with song, þus he [David] serued þe kyng ful long.
c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)5.195 : He hadde no strengþe to stonde er he his staf hadde, And þanne gan he to go Sum tyme asid & sum tyme arere.
a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6349 : Somtyme am I Prioresse, And now a nonne, and now Abbesse.
?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.6.198 : Gode men han somtyme adversite and somtyme prosperite.
?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)93a/a : Somtyme [L aliquotiens] in þe hanchez ar vlcerez in þe membrez contenyng, somtyme [L aliquotiens] in þe contened, Somtyme [L quandoque] forsoþ in membrez procedyng, as in þe ȝerde.
a1450 Treat.Horses (Sln 2584)93/119 : Take hede þou marchal to þis euel [farcy] & in what stede it is, for oþer-while it is in synewe stedes..And sum-tyme in fleschy stedus þat is esi to hele.
c1450(c1415) Roy.Serm.(Roy 18.B.23)194/38-195/1 : He [dog] bargeys..som tyme aȝeyns men in þe strete and somtyme at is owen shadowe.
c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)14/3-4 : Sumtyme he shal be made moche of, sumtyme litel, sumtyme nought.
c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)83a/ b : Sumtyme it is þre daies and sumtyme it is vj moneþis and sumtyme an hool ȝeer and sumtyme it is vnknowen vn to þe seuenþe ȝeer.
a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)1526 : The cause efficient may be manyfold, For somwhile it is hete, & somtyme it is cold.
a1500 Thayr ys no myrth (SeldSup 52)34 : Loue ys strange in all degre, Summtyme hoyt & sumtyme colde.

(?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.2811 : Sumtyme departed, ageyn men may nat call; That seelde is seyn, in loue doth appall.

(a) At one or some time in the past, once, formerly; also, with gen. or of phrase: formerly in the possession of; ~..after-ward (nou), formerly..afterward (now); (b) in phrases with noun preceded by def.art. or poss.adj.: ~ min man, formerly my manservant; ~ the chosen of, formerly the chosen one of (the lord); ~ the wif of, the wif ~ of, formerly the wife of (sb.).

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a1325 *Rwl.Statutes [OD col.] (Rwl B.520)lf.31b : Noȝt with stondinde þe statut sume time at Westmunestre..i made.
c1330(?a1300) Guy(2) (Auch)p.546 : For he was sumtyim so douhti, & now he is so pouer a bodi.
(1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)71/10 : Þe emperour, þet þe blysse of þe wordle hedden zomtyme, nou ine helle wepeþ.
(a1382) WBible(1) Pref.Jer.(Bod 959)1.15 : So plato..þilk brinke of ytaly, þe whych sumtyme [L quondam] was Isayde grete grece, full traueylously ȝede.
(a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)2.157 : The Scottes þat were somtyme [L olim] confederat and wonede wiþ þe Pictes drawe somwhat after hir speche.
(c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.85 : He hadde been som tyme in chiuachye, In Flaundres, in Artoys, and Picardye.
a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)13563 : Sum time blinde, I am he..ihesus..a-noynt wiþ clay myne eyen..al sone efter miȝt I se.
c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1152 : For he þe vesselles avyled þat vayled in þe temple In servyse of þe Soverayn sumtyme byfore.
a1425(?c1375) NHom.(3) Leg.(Hrl 4196)16/401 : A Iew wund sumtyme in midlerd Whore saynt Nicholas was en-terd.
a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)404 : I trowe that she Was faire sumtyme, and fresh to se, Whan she was in hir rightful age.
(1434) EEWills96/5 : My body to be beryed..in Pouleschircheyerd, be-twyn toe trees nere by the beriell of my husbonde, sumtyme called Iohn Bloncit.
(1443) Will York in Sur.Soc.30132 : I bequethe to Baudewyne Wilughby, my sone..xij spones of silver of ij swortes, somtyme of Emmott Burton.
a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)14 : Sump tyme in Westesexe þere was a kinge..A douȝty knyȝt and of godde gouernynge.
(1450) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 876 : The wesche ys at ye howse that was sum tyme Wyllyam frogmores.
(1454-9) Paston2.190 : I have wel founde a releas of Nycolas Bockyng of my mees and londes in Castre, sum tyme Fraunceys and afterward John Barboures.
(a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)611/1 : He is the sone of kyng Pellenore that dyd you somtyme good servyse.
a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)547/30 : Half j acre lieth in west crofte, bitwene the lond of Alice leveson and the lond somtyme of Rokemond.
a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)1.282 : The Þorsday was somtyme as holy as Sonday.
a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)202 : I was some tyme a worthi knight..but withe in fewe yeris I felle in to grete poverte.
a1500(1465) Leversedge Vision (Add 34193)22 : I, A Wrechid creature and a synfull, namyd sumetyme Edmunde Leversegge.
a1525(?1423) Cov.Leet Bk.52 : Allso þe say þat Bell-orchard & Hullmyll-medow..ar comyn..except a house with gardyne, sumtyme off John Askemare of Kenelworthe.

(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Kings 21.6 : Ben þer ȝifen to vs seuene men of þe sones of hym þat wee crucifien hem to þe lord in gaba of Saul, sum tyme [L quondam] þe chosen of þe lord.
(1404) Doc.in Sur.Soc.45318 : I John, sometyme ye wyf of Sr. Waltre Calverley, knyght..hete and a wo..yat fro hyne forwardys I sal kep my body in chastitee.
(1416) Doc.in Flasdieck Origurk.58 : Geffrey Bussh..had weddid Agnes, the wyffe sumtyme of Walter of Elmehirste.
(1426) Will York in Sur.Soc.4410 : I dame Jhon Gascoigne, sumtyme the wife of William Gascoigne, [etc.].
(1440) Doc.Kent in Bull.IHR 36 (PRO KB 27/715 m.19)90 : I, the seid Robert..knowliche and appele Thomas Burgeys..Gentilmanne, and anne his wief, sumtyme the wief of John Martyn..falsly and felonsly with the same..poysone above named..impoysoned the seid John Martyn.
(1463) Will Bury in Camd.4916 : Item, to Raffe Otle, sumtyme my man, a blak gownne.

At some time in the future, eventually; never so sone ~, never at any time so soon.

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1370-2 I am by-wylt (ShropRRC Deed 16329)19 : Y wende neuer so sone sum tyme ha be forsake of on þat y mest truste and made hire my make.
(a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Ps.27.1 : My god, ne be þou stille fro me lest sum tyme I be stille from þee.
(c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1243 : Syn fortune is chaungeable, Thow mayst to thy desir som tyme atteyne.
c1400 Apoc.(2) (Hrl 171)5/57 : For al if alle tribulaciouns of þis lijf ben greuous to suffre, ȝit sum tyme þei passen, & þe meede is eendeles.
a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)1958 : At youre lyst I yelde me, Hopyng in herte that sumtyme ye Comfort and ese shull me sende.
a1450(?c1430) Lydg.DM(1) (Hnt EL 26.A.13)597 : Who clymbeth hyest somme-tyme shal dessende.
c1460 Tree & Fruits HG (McC 132)35/4 : I..make an ende, beseching oure blissed lord..þat sumtyme after þis lif þou may be rekenyd endelesly a monge þe holy trees of his heuenly paradise.
a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)712 : Yet techynge may not so sewrlye availe But that somtyme shalle happe a man to faile.