micklenessn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪkəlnəs/, U.S.

/ˈmɪkəlnəs/, Scottish English

/ˈmɪkəlnəs/

Forms: see mickle adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mickle adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < mickle adj. + -ness suffix.In Old English the prefixed form gemicelnes is also attested.

Now regional (chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern)).

a. Physical magnitude, largeness of size, bigness. Also: †largeness of number, multitude (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

micklenesseOE

mickleheadc1300

greatnessc1330

micklehooda1400

muchheada1425

magnitude?a1475

muchness1494

largeness1528

ampleness1566

grandeur1599

extensiveness1639

stupendosity1828

massiveness1855

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun]

micklenesseOE

muchnessa1398

largenessa1400

magnitude?a1425

meta1425

bignessc1487

greatnessc1500

muchity1534

magnity1790

stourness1866

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. iv. 43 Þæs wealles micelness & fæstness is ungeliefedlic to secgenne.

OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 16 Seo sawul þihþ on mægenum, and ne bið namare þonne heo æt fruman wæs ac bið betere ne heo ne underfæhð lichomlice mycelnysse.

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) clxxx. 226 Stanas hwite & sinewealte swylce meregrotu on pysna mycelnysse.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 13 And þa wæs færinga geworden mid þam engle mycelnes heofonlices werydes god heriendra.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. ix. 24 Þe lord reynede haul vpon þe lond..& haul & fyre mengyd..wern brouȝt, & it was of so grete mychilnes how grete beforn neuer apeeride in all þe londe of Egipte.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xxxii. 12 The grauel of the see, that mai not be noumbrid for mychilnesse.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 79 (MED) Men fyndez dyamaundes..of þe mykilnes of hesill nuttes.

c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 70 A grete multitude of swynne þat ware all of a wonderfull mekilness.

a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 59 (MED) Alectorius..a stoune..ys þe mechelnys of a bene.

c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1925) I. i. 1004 Thay..War of ane will and ane stoutnes, Bot nocht all of ane mekilnes.

1615 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. 367 To Robert Leichman..in respect of his talnes and mekilnes.

1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Micklish, pretty large; of something in which the quality of ‘mickleness’ exists.

1911 A. Warrack Scots Dial. Dict. 368/1 Muckleness, largeness of size.

†b. With reference to immaterial or abstract things, esp. dispositions, emotions, etc.: abundance, immensity, intensity. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

OE Blickling Homilies 145 Þa þe þæt leoht gesawon þa ne meahton asecgan for þæs leohtes mycelnesse.

OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Num. (Claud.) xiv. 19 Drihten, ic ðe bidde ðæt ðu forgyfe þises folces synna æfter micelnisse þinre mildheortnysse.

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) l. 2 (MED) Efter þe mychelnes of þy pites do way my wickednes.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Baruch ii. 18 Þe soule þat is sory vp on þe mykelnesse of euel..ȝyueþ to þee glorie.

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) l. 2 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 182 And after of þi reuthes þe mikelnes Þou do awai mi wickednes.

c1400 Comm. on Canticles (Bodl. 288) in T. Arnold Sel. Eng. Wks. J. Wyclif (1871) III. 19 (MED) In mychilnes of þi glorie þou didist doun alle myn adversaries.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xviii. 12 Na man may tell the mykilnes of his ioy that enterly gifes him til godis luf.

†2. Greatness, magnificence, excellence. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) lxvii. 31 Super israhel magnificentia eius et uirtus eius in nubibus : ofer israel micelnis his & megen his in wolcnum.

OE Blickling Homilies 167 Mycel is se haligdom & seo weorþung Sancte Iohannes þæs mycelnesse se Hælend Drihten sylfa tacn sægde.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 135 (MED) Þe childes michelnesse sheude þe engel on fuwer þingen.

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) viii. 2 (MED) For þy mychelnes [L. magnificentia] ys heȝed up þe heuens.

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xxviii. 4 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 159 Steuen ofe lauerd in mikelnes.

a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 419 (MED) Benigne god þat, for þi michellnes, of þi mercies doyst aweye þe synnes of hem þat be verry repentaunte.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mickleness
释义	micklenessn. Brit. /ˈmɪkəlnəs/, U.S. /ˈmɪkəlnəs/, Scottish English /ˈmɪkəlnəs/ Forms: see mickle adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mickle adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < mickle adj. + -ness suffix.In Old English the prefixed form gemicelnes is also attested. Now regional (chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern)). 1. a. Physical magnitude, largeness of size, bigness. Also: †largeness of number, multitude (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] micklenesseOE mickleheadc1300 greatnessc1330 micklehooda1400 muchheada1425 magnitude?a1475 muchness1494 largeness1528 ampleness1566 grandeur1599 extensiveness1639 stupendosity1828 massiveness1855 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] micklenesseOE muchnessa1398 largenessa1400 magnitude?a1425 meta1425 bignessc1487 greatnessc1500 muchity1534 magnity1790 stourness1866 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. iv. 43 Þæs wealles micelness & fæstness is ungeliefedlic to secgenne. OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 16 Seo sawul þihþ on mægenum, and ne bið namare þonne heo æt fruman wæs ac bið betere ne heo ne underfæhð lichomlice mycelnysse. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) clxxx. 226 Stanas hwite & sinewealte swylce meregrotu on pysna mycelnysse. OE West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 13 And þa wæs færinga geworden mid þam engle mycelnes heofonlices werydes god heriendra. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. ix. 24 Þe lord reynede haul vpon þe lond..& haul & fyre mengyd..wern brouȝt, & it was of so grete mychilnes how grete beforn neuer apeeride in all þe londe of Egipte. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Gen. xxxii. 12 The grauel of the see, that mai not be noumbrid for mychilnesse. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 79 (MED) Men fyndez dyamaundes..of þe mykilnes of hesill nuttes. c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 70 A grete multitude of swynne þat ware all of a wonderfull mekilness. a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 59 (MED) Alectorius..a stoune..ys þe mechelnys of a bene. c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1925) I. i. 1004 Thay..War of ane will and ane stoutnes, Bot nocht all of ane mekilnes. 1615 in H. M. Paton Accts. Masters of Wks. (1957) I. 367 To Robert Leichman..in respect of his talnes and mekilnes. 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Micklish, pretty large; of something in which the quality of ‘mickleness’ exists. 1911 A. Warrack Scots Dial. Dict. 368/1 Muckleness, largeness of size. †b. With reference to immaterial or abstract things, esp. dispositions, emotions, etc.: abundance, immensity, intensity. Obsolete. ΚΠ OE Blickling Homilies 145 Þa þe þæt leoht gesawon þa ne meahton asecgan for þæs leohtes mycelnesse. OE Ælfric Old Eng. Hexateuch: Num. (Claud.) xiv. 19 Drihten, ic ðe bidde ðæt ðu forgyfe þises folces synna æfter micelnisse þinre mildheortnysse. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) l. 2 (MED) Efter þe mychelnes of þy pites do way my wickednes. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Baruch ii. 18 Þe soule þat is sory vp on þe mykelnesse of euel..ȝyueþ to þee glorie. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) l. 2 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 182 And after of þi reuthes þe mikelnes Þou do awai mi wickednes. c1400 Comm. on Canticles (Bodl. 288) in T. Arnold Sel. Eng. Wks. J. Wyclif (1871) III. 19 (MED) In mychilnes of þi glorie þou didist doun alle myn adversaries. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xviii. 12 Na man may tell the mykilnes of his ioy that enterly gifes him til godis luf. †2. Greatness, magnificence, excellence. Obsolete. ΚΠ eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) lxvii. 31 Super israhel magnificentia eius et uirtus eius in nubibus : ofer israel micelnis his & megen his in wolcnum. OE Blickling Homilies 167 Mycel is se haligdom & seo weorþung Sancte Iohannes þæs mycelnesse se Hælend Drihten sylfa tacn sægde. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 135 (MED) Þe childes michelnesse sheude þe engel on fuwer þingen. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) viii. 2 (MED) For þy mychelnes [L. magnificentia] ys heȝed up þe heuens. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) xxviii. 4 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 159 Steuen ofe lauerd in mikelnes. a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 419 (MED) Benigne god þat, for þi michellnes, of þi mercies doyst aweye þe synnes of hem þat be verry repentaunte. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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