Mic"kle (?), a. [OE. mikel, muchel, mochel, mukel, AS. micel, mycel; akin to OS. mikil, OHG. mihil, mihhil, Icel. mikill, mykill, Goth. mikils, L. magnus, Gr. , gen. ; cf. Skr. mahat. &root;103. Cf. Much, Muckle, Magnitude.]

Much; great.

[Written also muckle and mockle.] [Old Eng. & Scot.] "A man of mickle might."

Spenser.

 

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