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micelian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
micelian, miclian, micclian; p. ode.
to become great, to increase in size or in quantity
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  • Micelaþ

    grandescit, crescit,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 42, 42.

  • Rím miclade,

    • Cd. 63
      • ; Th. 75, 21; Gen. 1243: Andr. Kmbl. 3050;
    • An. 1528.

  • Wæter micladon

    the waters waxed,

    • 3105
      • ;
    • An. 1555.

  • Ðæt folc ongan weaxan and myclian (

    grandescere

    ),
    • Bd. 1, 15
      • ;
    • S. 483, 33.

  • On ðǽm dagum wæs ðæt norþmeste (ríce) micliende,

    • Ors. 6, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 252, 12.
to make great, to increase the size or quantity of a thing
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  • Man myclade ðæt ordálýsen

    the ordeal-iron should be increased in weight,

    • L. Æðelst. iv. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 224, 13.

  • Ðæt ic mǽgburge móste ðínre rím miclian,

    • Cd. 101
      • ;
    • Th. 134, 7
      • ;
    • Gen. 2221.
metaphorically, to extol, magnify
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  • Miclaþ sáwel mín drihten

    magnificat anima mea dominum,

    • Lk. Skt. Rush. 1, 46.

  • Mycclaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 7, 2.

  • Ic micliu

    magnificabo,

    • Ps. Surt. 68, 31.

  • Wé micliaþ

    magnificabimus,

    • 11, 5.

  • Eal ðæt folc his noman myccledon,

    • Blickl. Homl. 15, 29.

  • Mycclian wé his noman,

    • 13, 7.
Etymology
[
Jul. muchelin, mucli
:
A. R. muchelen
:
Ps. mikel
:
Goth. mikiljan
:
Icel. mikla
:
O. H. Ger. michilén.
]
Similar entries
v. ge-miclian.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “micelian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22774.

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