pron. Obs. or ? dial. (In early use often as three words, occas. as two.) [f. prec. + EVER adv. 8 e.] = WHOEVER, WHOSOEVER.
c. 1400. Cato’s Morals, in Cursor M., App. IV. 91. Qua-sim-euer þou be Þat wille þi-self safe se.
a. 1400–50. Wars Alex., 3362. Qua-sum-euire in þat ilk his ymage behaldis, Þe face is to þe fold-ward, þe fete to þe firment.
1429. in 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., App. VIII. 10. Tyll the for said lorde of Drumlanryge, or tyll hys assygneis or speciale deputis qwa sumewer.
c. 1460. Metham, Wks. (1916), 119. Ho-ssum-euer yt be that owyth this fygure, he be hys dysposycion ys a leccherus man.
1502. Husumeuer [see WHOMSOMEVER].
1526. Tindale, Matt. xiii. 12. Whosumever hath to him shall hit be geven.
a. 1592. Greene, Alphonsus, 133. Nere to vnfold the secrets of my heart To any man or woman, who some ere Dwels vnderneath the circle of the skie.
1606. Shaks., Tr. & Cr., II. i. 70. Who some euer you take him to be, he is Aiax.
