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§223; §260; §430; §445;
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with reference to size, bulk, stature
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  • Geseah hé swýþe mycele weorud. . . and wæs án þǽra. . . swýþe heáh and swýðe mycel ofer eal þæt oþer folc. Vis. Lfc. 14.

  • Hié him gesealdon án .c. þára miclena þrieréðrena, Ors. 3, 1; S. 96, 27 : 5, 13; S. 246, 6. (1a) as an epithet to distinguish objects of the same kind but of different size :-- Nim þá miclan sinfullan, Lch. ii. 240, 8. (1b) great in extent :-- Gif mon on miclum gangum

    (long walks)

    weorðe geteórad.
      Lch. i. 76, 4.
with reference to coarseness of material, v. greát
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  • Hé féng tó þǽre teala myclan andleofone, þæt wæs tó þám berenan hláfe,

      Guth. Gr. 126, 85.
with reference to amount or degree
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  • Him wǽre micel ðearf ðæt hié léten Godes ege hié geeáðmédan,

      Past. 321, 12.

  • Micul,

      405, 21.

  • Is hit swýðe micel cyn ꝥ gehwylc crísten man þone dæg weorðige,

      Ll. Th. ii. 420, 31.

  • Oft se micla anweald ðára yflena gehríst swíþe fǽrlíce,

      Bt. 38, 2 ; F. 198, 8.

  • Læcedémonie hæfdon máran unstillnessa þonne hié mægenes hæfden

    Lacedaemonii, inquieti magis quam strenui,

      Ors. 3, 1; S. 98, 34.
with reference to power or importance
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  • S e Cristofores ðrowung þæs miclan martyres,

      Shrn. 76, 15.

  • Úre Áliésend mára is and mǽrra eallum gesceaftum

    Redemtor noster magnus manens super omnia,

      Past. 301, 12.

  • Suá huelc suá wille betweoxn eów mǽst beón

    (major fieri),

      121, 6.
of things material or immaterial, of great excellence or work, of importance or
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  • Hé (

    John

    ) heóld þá clǽnnysse on móde and on líchaman on micelre drohtnunge,
      Hml. A. 14, 23 : 16, 14.

  • Hwǽr beóþ þá glengeas and þá mycclat, gegyrelan þe hé þone líchoman ǽr mid frætwode?,

      Bl. H. 111, 36.

  • For hwan ne déþ hé ꝥ lǽsse nú hé ꝥ máre dyde?,

      181, 7.
where a quality is possessed in a high degree
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  • Þú

    stunta and se mǽsta dwǽs þe ǽfre on þissere byrig mǽst wæs,
      Hml. S. 23, 695.
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  • Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorþe geteórad,

      Lch. i. 76, 4.

  • Ðonne hé ús seleð micel siolfor, ðonne hé ús selð micle getyngnesse,

      Past. 369, 13.

  • Æt mǽstra hwelcre misdǽde,

      Ll. Th. i. 58, 6.
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  • Hé micel þæs moncynnes sum ácwealde, sum on Mæcedonie lǽdde,

      Ors. 4, 11; S. 208, 15.

  • Ic mycel folces tó helle geteáh,

      H. R. 15, 6.
  • Genim þás wyrte . . . ealra gelíce mycel. Lch. i. 218, 3.

  • Máre ic þyses gemyndgade þonne ic his mid ealle ásǽde

    haec commemorata sunt magis quam explicata,

      Ors. 3, 2 ; S. 100, 25.
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  • Hwílum hié oft on dæge út gáð and þonne lytlum, hwílum ǽne and þonne micel,

      Lch. ii. 230, 22.
  • Sellan fela ðám ðe hié lytel sceoldon, oððe lytel ðǽm ðe hié micel sceoldon. Past. 321, 17.

  • Þet hió him néren máran ondeta þonne hit árǽded wæs on Æðelbaldes dæge,

      Cht. Th. 70, 25.
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  • Ne Godwíne eorl, ne óþre men þe mycel mihton wealdan,

      Chr. 1036; P. 158, 20.
  • Va. in a prepositional phrase :-- Onn
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v. for-, med-, medum-. níd (?), un-, un-gesceád-micel.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “micel.” 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/55363.

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