mickle
Much; a great quantity or amount ofMuch; a great quantity or amount of.
» Many a little makes a mickle.
С миру по нитке - голому рубаха.
Meaning
2 senses(Northern England, Northumbria, Scotland, archaic, especially)Much; a great quantity or amount of.
(Northumbria, Scotland, archaic)Most; the majority of.
Examples
3 sentencesMany a little makes a mickle.
ruС миру по нитке - голому рубаха. — Imp
Many a mickle makes a muckle.
ruПо капле и море собирается. — sharptoothed
I make a considerable sum of money out of it, and each of my men contributes a mickle toward it.
Origin
From Middle English mickle, michel, mikel, mochel, muchel, mukel (“much; many; large, tallFrom Middle English mickle, michel, mikel, mochel, muchel, mukel (“much; many; large, tall; great”), from Old English miċel, myċel (“big, large; great; much”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, large; many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). The word is cognate with Faroese mikil (“large, great, much”), Icelandic mikill (“large in quantity or number; much; great”), Middle High German michel (“large, much”). Doublet of much and muckle.
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