somegateadv.
Scottish and northern dialect.
1. In some place; somewhere.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [adverb] > somewhere
somewherec1175
somegate1816
somewheres1859
someplace1880
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality v, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 95 Ye maun take shelter somegate for the night.
a1835 Hogg Sound Morality Tales (1866) 202/2 A great river..that rises somegate i' the Heelands.
1891 J. M. Barrie Little Minister I. ix. 156 We ken they're some gait, but whaur?
2. In some way or manner; somehow.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > [adverb] > in some way
allesc1225
somewaysc1440
somewayc1450
somewisec1450
somehow1741
somegate1816
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality iv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 70 They pay ane some gate or other.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. ix. 242 But it was a' sowdered up again some gait, and the bairn was sent awa'.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Some-geeat, in some way; somehow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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