a. Obs. rare. [Of Scand. origin (cf. MSw. vandsamr difficult, troublesome; Norw. vandsam difficult to please): see WONDE v. and -SOME.] Beset with difficulty; in quot. quasi-sb. (see FOR prep. 10). So † wondsomely (wandsomdly) a. (cf. MSw. vandsamliker].
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 3836. And for wondsome and wille alle his wit failede. Ibid., 4012. The waye vnto Wynchestre thay wente … Wery and wandsomdly.
