mickle

[ mik-uhl ]

adjectiveArchaic.
  1. great; large; much.

Origin of mickle

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English mikel, from Old Norse mikill; replacing Middle English michel, Old English micel; cognate with Old High German mihil, Gothic mikils, akin to Latin magnus, Greek mégas. See much

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British Dictionary definitions for mickle

mickle

Scot and Northern English dialect muckle (ˈmʌkəl)

/ (ˈmɪkəl) /


adjective
  1. great or abundant

adverb
  1. much; greatly

noun
  1. a great amount, esp in the proverb, mony a little makes a mickle

  2. Scot a small amount, esp in the proverb, many a mickle maks a muckle

Origin of mickle

1
C13 mikel, from Old Norse mikell, replacing Old English micel much

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