"bigge" meaning in Middle English

See bigge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Unknown, possibly from a dialect of Old Norse, from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”). Compare dialectal Norwegian bugge (“great man”). Etymology templates: {{unk|enm}} Unknown, {{bor|enm|non|-}} Old Norse, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*bugja-||swollen up, thick}} Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), {{der|enm|ine-pro|*bʰew-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, {{cog|no|bugge||great man}} Norwegian bugge (“great man”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective}} bigge
  1. big; large; of considerable size
    Sense id: en-bigge-enm-adj-GaPj521I Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

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