Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
mickle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- obsolete Much.
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Examples
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Emlak: in the whiche ryvere ben manye preciouse stones, and mochel of lignum aloes, and moche gravelle of gold.
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And be hem turnethe alle the firmament, righte as dothe a wheel, that turnethe be his axille tree; so that tho sterres beren the firmament in 2 egalle parties; so that it hathe als mochel aboven, as it hathe benethen.
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And be hem turnethe alle the firmament, righte as dothe a wheel, that turnethe be his axille tree; so that tho sterres beren the firmament in 2 egalle parties; so that it hathe als mochel aboven, as it hathe benethen.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Emlak: in the whiche ryvere ben manye preciouse stones, and mochel of lignum aloes, and moche gravelle of gold.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Layamon wrote his Brut more than a hundred years after the coming of the Normans, and although his poem is in the main alliterative, sometimes he has rhyming lines such as "mochel dal heo iwesten: mid harmen pen mesten," that is: --
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And þou ȝef me so mochel lond {;} to stonde on min owe hond.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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And þo iþohten al so {;} ac hit bi {} ful oþerweies þo. for hii hadde mochel care {;} for Hengest was þare. for swiþe manie peutes {;} hii sloȝen in þan fihte.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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And be hem turnethe alle the firmament, righte as dothe a wheel, that turnethe be his axille tree; so that tho sterres beren the firmament in 2 egalle parties; so that it hathe als mochel aboven, as it hathe benethen.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Lipa said into the mike, "Erliche Yidden darf mekarev andere Yidden" Then, the mechanech who had gone up to protect him told him to say into the mike, "Ich bin yedem mochel b'lev shaleim - I am mochel for the disgrace," which he did.
Life Of Rubin 2009
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