ofer-micel
Over-much, excessive ⬩ nimius
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Over-much, excessive: On ðære tíde wæs sió ofer-mycelo hǽlo on ealre worulde, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 40, 3. Bútan hý ouer-micel geswinc habben, R. Ben. 65, 17
mete-leást
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Þǽr onsæt mycel hungor, and seó mycele wǽdl þǽre meteleáste genyrwde ealle þá landleóde fames incubuerat, magnaque onmes alimentorum indigentia coangustabat, Gr. D. 145, 6.
hrér-ness
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On his ymbehwyrfte bið swíþe mycel hrérenes, Verc. Först. 133, 16. Þysne dæg wé ús on mycelre rérnesse tóweardne ongytan magon, 130, 20. On hrérnisse in commotione(m), Bl. Gl. (under onhrérnisse; but see Angl. xxi. 237). Add
rúmness
breadth ⬩ breadth, amplitude, abundance
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breadth, a broad space Ða rúmnisse Jericho feldes latitudinem campi Jericho, Deut. 34, 3. breadth, amplitude, abundance Wæs swá mycel rúmnes on him ðæs hálgan geleáfan and swá mycele hé tó ðære Godes lufan hæfde there was in him so great abundance of
onríp-tíd
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Harvest-time Gif þunor bið mycel eást oððe norðeást, mycel wæstm bid and gód onríptíd, Archiv cxx. 48, 24
gropa
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A pot Mycel gropa congius (the gloss is: Congium reddit tala vel mycel gropa), Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 78
unriht-gítsung
Greed ⬩ covetousness
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Greed, covetousness Ða welan, and ðæt mycele gylp, and seó unrihtgítsung, and ðæt man ðæm earman forwyrne, ðæt is eal swíþe mycel synn beforan Gode, Blickl. Homl. 53, 21: Wulfst. 290, 26.
fýr-cyn
A kind of fire ⬩ igneum gĕnus
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A kind of fire; igneum gĕnus Mycel fýrcyn and mycel bryne a great kind of fire and a great burning, Ors. 6, 1; Bos. 115, 36
Linked entry: cyn
Mǽðisc
Of the Medes
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Of the Medes Mycel fyrd Médiscra monna, Nar. 17, 8
Linked entry: Mǽðas
tala
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Tala vel mycel gropa congium reddit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 78
mid-fæsten
Mid-Lent
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Mid-Lent Wæs mycel gemót tó midfestene, Chr. 1047; Erl. 175, 11
ofer-cwealm
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Excessive mortality Nú is heóf and wóp and ofercwealm mycel, Angl. iii. 113, 203
ága
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Sum mycel ága þæs nama wæs Characterius possessor quidam Carlerius nomine , Gr. D. 230, 11. Add
folc-gedréfness
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Troubling of peoples Mycel folcgedrefnesse bið ðonne ǽr dómes dæg (cf. Mt. 24, 7), Nap. 23
Linked entry: ge-dréfnes
scorf
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Swá mycel hreófle and sceorfe (scurf, scyrf, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 557, 12. Add
wæfer-sín
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Cóm mycel werod tó pǽre wæfersýne þæs hálgan mannes deáðes ( ad spectaculum mortis), Gr. D. 254, 17. Add
dǽma
A judge ⬩ judex, arbiter
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A judge; judex, arbiter Béte swá mycel swá dǽman tǽcan subjacebit damno quantum arbitri judicaverint, Ex. 21, 22
un-eáðelícness
Difficulty
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Difficulty Ðá wæs mycel unéþelícnes geworden be his byrignesse facta difficultate tumulandi, Bd. 4, 11; S. 580, 8
carited
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charity; caritas Heóld mycel carited in ðe hús held much charity in the house, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 6
feornes
FARNESS ⬩ distance ⬩ longinquĭtas
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FARNESS, distance; longinquĭtas Gif mycel feornys síþfætes betwihligeþ si longinquĭtas itĭnĕris magna interjăcet, Bd. 1, 27; S. 491, 39