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mikill

lýsingarorð
or mykill, , mikill, mikil, mikit; mikils, mikillar, mikils; miklum, mikilli, miklu; mikinn, mikla, mikit: miklir, miklar, mikil; mikilla; miklum; mikla, miklar, mikil: with a miklo-gi, i. 209, Ísl. ii. 360 (), see -gi (C). The spelling also varies between i and y; the latter form is represented by the mycka and mycket; mykjen and mygje; mycel; Old , , and have both muckle and mickle; much; early mögel. Some , the Flatey-book (first hand), make a difference by spelling i in the uncontractcd forms, but y in the contracted, mikill, but myklir, myklar, myklum; this however was a Norwegianism, for the poets in their rhymes use i throughout, sik miklu, sikling miklum, Hallfred, agreeably with the pronunciation: meiri, mestr, see meiri: [ mikils; mycel; mikil; mihil; mickle; megen; magnus; μέγας.]
B. Great, tall, of stature; maðr ok sterkr, 2, 1; sveinn ok fríðr, i. 14; vexti, vi. 102.
2. great, large, in bulk or size; mikil ey ok góð, 25; nauts-húð, vi. 183; miklar hendr ok fætr, 429; jammikit, ii. 264; vatn vel mikit at vexti, 90; áin var mikil, swoln, 253; mikit hár, 2; höllina miklu, vii. 122; mikit ríki, vi. 148; mikil borg, id.3. of quantity, great, much; mikil drykkjuföng, iii. 289; mikill viðr, 45; mikit fé annat, 84; hafði mikit á græðsk, 10; mikit hunang, 572; mikið skal til mikils vinna, ii. 64.II. great; skörungr mikill, 120; málafylgju-maðr mikill, i; svá atgörvi-maðr ok skörungr, 84; drykkju-maðr, vii. 175: eigi mikill þegn, Ísl. ii. 344; miklir eptirmáls-menn, 64; miklir atgörvi-menn, i. 17; göra e-n mikinn mann, 28; þá görði él mikit ok íllviðri, i. 175; vinds gnýr mikill, 326: vetr mikill, a hard winter, 572, 120; mikit ár, a good season, 68; mikla rausn, iii. 289; um Dofra-fjall var mikil fór ór Þrándheimi, vii. 122; svá mikit metorð, x. 398; frost eru þá mikil, 40; mikit úgagn, mikit mein, 41; með mikilli snild, 84; með mikilli vínáttu, id.; mikla virðing, id.; mikil tíðindi, 326; mikinn trúnað, 204; mikit tilkall, 266; mikit vald, 10; mikill fagna-fundr, 330; mikit (imposing) er þitt yfirbragð, ii. 161; mikit mannfall, 572.
2. mikinn used as ; hann ríðr mikinn, 55, 125, 64, 29 new ; þeir fóru mikinn. ix. 511; mikinn tekr þú nú af, vi. 206; hann tók mikinn af því at þat væri eigi, x. 148.
III. as , much; skipta miklu, to be of great importance, 308; hversu mikit, how much, id.; vera til mikils ferr, 655 xi. 3; mikils verðr, Ísl. ii. 327, 372; e-m er mikit í skapi, of emotion, anger, 38; þykkja e-t mikit, to think much of it, be sorry, angry for, or the like, 539.
2. miklu with a much, by far, multo; muni vera miklu fleiri ván skipa, 78; miklu betr, 84; miklu hærra, 653; miklu meiri maðr en áðr, vii. 233; miklu meira háttar, i. 295.
β. with , in poets; miklu mest, much the greatest; þá er unni mér miklu mest manna, Kormak, 1. 49; miklu beztan, (in a verse); miklu maklegast, (in a verse); miklu daprastr, ii. 56 (in a verse); miklu lengst, (in a verse); miklu fegrst, 40.γ. in prose; miklu hollastir, 340; miklu mest allra þeirra, ix. 54; miklu mest hyrndir, xi. 6; sú borg var miklu mest, vi. 154; jarl var miklu blíðastr þann dag til konungs, ix. 282; miklu beztr, 183; miklu harðast ok hættuligast, 200.
IV. as , mikit = much, greatly; hón unni honum mikit. 27; sá maðr eykr mikit (greatly) efni til skipsins Naglfars, 41; honum fannsk mikit um, vii. 232; unnusk þeir mikit, 149; gékk þá skipit mikit (= mikinn), 390; en þeir sigldu mikit, vii. 214; samðisk þá mikit með þeim feðgum. Ísl. ii. 210; þessi rembisk mikit, 219.V. names; Mikla Gildi. the Great Guild, vi. 440; Mikla-Stofa, : as a nickname, inn Mikli en Mikla, the big; Hrolleifr enn Mikli, : in old writers always of the body, in usage = great as Alexander Mikli, (where formerly Ríki was used.)
2. in local names, [ mögel-, magle-]: Mikli-garðr, ‘Mickle-garth’ = Constantinople, passim; Mikla-garðs-konungr, -keisari, the king of M., passim.
C. : mikilbrjóstaðr, mikilfengliga, mikilfengligr, mikilgjarn, mikilgæfr, mikilhugaðr, mikilhæfr, mikillátr, mikilleikr, mikilleitr, mikilliga, mikilligr, mikillætask, mikillæti, mikilmagnaðr, mikilmannliga, mikilmannligr, mikilmenni, mikilmennska, mikilmæli, mikilráðr, mikilræði, mikilúðligr, mikilvegligr, mikilvirkr, mikilvænligr, mikilþægr.
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  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • plur.fleirtala (e. plural)
  • suff.suffix.
  • neg.negative.
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