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micel-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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micel-ness, e; f.
greatness, bigness, size
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  • Stánas on pysna mycelnysse

    stones the size of peas,

    • Herb. 180, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 314, 22: Blickl. Homl. 181, 21.

  • Se cláð wæs swíðe gemǽte hire micelnysse

    the garment was exactly adapted to her size,

    • Homl. Skt. 7, 157.

  • His micel-nesse ne mæg nán man ámetan,

    • Bt. 42
      • ;
    • Fox 258, 12.
greatness (of quantity), multitude, abundance
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  • Ðá wæs geworden mid ðam engle mycelnes (

    multitudo

    )

    heofonlíces werydes,

    • Lk. Skt. 2, 13.

  • Ne meahton ásecgan for ðæs leóhtes mycelnesse,

    • Blickl. Homl. 145, 14.

  • Æfter micelnisse ðínre mildheortnisse,

    • Num. 14, 19.
greatness, magnificence
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  • Micylnys

    magnificentia,

    • Ps. Spl. C. 8, 2.

  • In micelnisse

    in magnificentia;

    in mikelnes,

    • Ps. Surt. 28, 4.

  • On mycelnysse earmes ðínes

    in magnitudine brachii tui,

    • Cant. Moys. 16: Ps. Spl. 78, 12.

  • Ús weorþ þuruh ðíne mycelnesse milde and blíðe,

    • Ps. Th. 66, 1
      • .

  • Sancte Johannes mycelnesse se Hǽlend sylfa tácn sægde,

    • Blickl. Homl. 167, 17.
Etymology
[
Wick. michelnes
:
O. H. Ger. michil-nessi majestas.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “micel-ness.” 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/22778.

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