"mickle" meaning in Scots

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Adjective

Forms: mair mickle [comparative], maist mickle [superlative]
Etymology: From Old English miċel, myċel. Etymology templates: {{der|sco|ang|miċel}} Old English miċel, {{m|ang|myċel}} myċel Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|mair mickle|||||superlative|maist mickle||||}} mickle (comparative mair mickle, superlative maist mickle), {{sco-adj}} mickle (comparative mair mickle, superlative maist mickle)
  1. much, great
    Sense id: en-mickle-sco-adj-ExbwkiQQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mikil, mekil, mukill, muckle

Noun

Etymology: From Old English miċel, myċel. Etymology templates: {{der|sco|ang|miċel}} Old English miċel, {{m|ang|myċel}} myċel Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|uncountable|cat2=uncountable nouns|head=}} mickle (uncountable), {{sco-noun|-}} mickle (uncountable)
  1. a great amount Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-mickle-sco-noun-NMV611GL Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mikil, mekil, mukill, muckle

Alternative forms

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