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† ˈstoundmeal, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 stund-, stuntmǽlum, 2 stundmele, 4–5 stound(e)mele, 4 stowndmeel, 5 stonedemel.
[OE. stundmǽlum: see stound n. and -meal.]
1. At intervals, from time to time.
c1000ælfric Gram. xxxviii. (Z.) 238 Vicissim stundmælum. c1000Ags. Gloss. in Haupt's Zeitschr. (1853) IX. 438/2 Alternatim (gl. singulatim, marg. separatim) tvæmendlice vel stundmælum. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 113 And wunede mid his disciples noht alegate ac stundmele. c1350Will. Palerne 736 A-wai wold it neuer but gan to studie stoundemele so stifly þer-onne þat lelly be a litel while his langure gan wex. 1382Wyclif Num. x. 7 Whanne forsothe the puple is to gederynge togidre, shal be symple criynge of trompes, and not stowndmeel thei shulen ȝolle. c1400Rom. Rose 2304 The lyf of loue is ful contrarie, Which stounde mele can ofte varie. 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 19179 Thus stoundemel ȝe may hym se Some tyme swymme, som tyme fflee. c1430― Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 159 Som folk pesible, som contrarious, Stonedemel now hevy and now lihte. 1481Caxton Reynard xvii. (Arb.) 40 The foxe loked on the kyng stoundmele, and was glad in his herte.
¶b. quasi-adj. That exists at times.
c1400Rom. Rose 3784 Who serueth loue can telle of woo; The stoundemele ioie mote overgoo.
2. Gradually.
c1000ælfric Gram. xxxviii. (Z.) 228 Sensim, stundmælum. c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 674 Þis wynde þat moore and moore Þus stoundemele encresseth in my face. c1400Ragman Roll 62 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 72 And now cometh age, foo to your beaute, And stelyngly it wastyth stownde⁓mele. |