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Webster 1913 Edition


Mickle

Mic′kle

(mĭk′k’l)
,
Adj.
[OE.
mikel
,
muchel
,
mochel
,
mukel
, AS.
micel
,
mycel
; akin to OS.
mikil
, OHG.
mihil
,
mihhil
, Icel.
mikill
,
mykill
, Goth.
mikils
, L.
magnus
, Gr.
μέγας
, gen.
μεγάλου
; cf. Skr.
mahat
. √103. Cf.
Much
,
Muckle
,
Magnitude
.]
Much; great.
[Written also
muckle
and
mockle
.]
[Old Eng. & Scot.]
“A man of mickle might.”
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mickle

MICK'LE

,
Adj.
Much; great. [Obsolete,but retained in the Scottish language.]