mickleness
English
noun
Definitions
- Greatness; bigness (in any sense); largeness; size.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mikelnes inherited from Old English miċelnes (abundance, mass, great deed, greatness, magnificence, size, multitude, quantity) suffix from English mickle.
Origin
English
mickle
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mickle English
- overmickle English
- *mikilaz Proto-Germanic
- mykje Norwegian Nynorsk
- miċel Old English
- miċelnes Old English
- mickle Middle English
- mikelnes Middle English
- muchelnesse Middle English
- Miklagarðr Old Norse
- gemsmikill Old Norse
- hávaðamikill Old Norse
- mikill Old Norse
- mikilleikr Old Norse
- mikill Icelandic
- mikil Faroese
- mykin Old Swedish
- mykjen Westrobothnian
- mikin Old Danish