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† ˈmicklehead, -hood Obs.
Forms: α. 3 mikelhode, mikelhade, mykelhede, 4 mikelhed; β. 4 moch-, mechelhede.
[f. mickle + -head, -hood.]
Greatness; fullness, abundance.
αa1300E.E. Psalter viii. 2 For vpehouen es þi mykelhede [v.r. mikelhade, mikelhode; Ags. Ps. micelnis; Vulg. magnificentia] Ouer heuens þat ere brade. Ibid. xxviii. 3 God of masthede [v.r. mosthed, mikelhed] þonnered he Ouer watres fele þat be. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 13324 Vnder an hil he [Arthur] set þem þere..Þat when þe Romayns on þem had sight, Þe mikelhed schuld make þem aflight.
βa1300Floriz & Bl. (Camb. MS.) 51 Þu art hire ilich of alle þinge, Boþe of semblaunt and of murninge, Of fairnesse and of muchelhede. 1340Ayenb. 93 O god hou is nou grat þe mochelhede of þine zuetnesse. Ibid. 204 Vor be þe mochelhede of þe herte þe mouþ spekþ þet zayþ our lhord ine his spelle. Ibid. 218 Hy..makeþ þe greate to mochelhedes and eteþ þe blodi snoden. a1400Prymer (1891) 26 Prayse ȝe hym aftir the mechelhede of his gretehed. c1400Lay Folks Mass Bk. App. iii. 125 For whi lord in helynge of my deedly sykenesse schal wel be schewyd and commendyd þe michilheed of þi goodnesse. |