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mickle |
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mickle or muckle Archaic or Scot & N English dialect Adjective large or abundant Adverb much; greatly Noun a great amount [Old Norse mikell] Mickle a large amount—SOED; mickle folk‘many people,’ 1275. The expression, ‘Many a pickle makes a muckle’ is used in 1905; ‘Many a pickle makes a mickle’ is in the Oxford English Dictionary. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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And I will fare to Avelon to the fairest of all maidens
To Argente their Queen, an elf very fair,
And she shall my wounds make all sound
All whole me make with healing draughts,
And afterwards I will come again to my kingdom
And dwell with the Britons with mickle joy. |
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