Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
much .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Much.
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Examples
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Quoth the King, “O weak o wit, I bade not my nobles deal thus with thee but that we might gather together unto thee wealth galore; for may be thou wilt bethink thee of thy country and family and repine for them and be minded to return to thy mother-land; so shalt thou take from our country muchel of money to maintain thyself withal, what while thou livest in thine own country.”
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Then he waited awhile and drew in the net, which came up full of rubbish and sand and pebbles and weeds, and he saw therein no sign of fish neither muchel nor little.
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High had enabled to rear that structure, for indeed He is muchel of might. 52
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I'm pleased that I actually understood most of it; my favorite phrase was "hwyth muchel Ibuprofennea."
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+H+a luuieð god wið {} ute met. for þ̵ ha understondeð hu he haueð bi ham idon þurh his muchele godlec ⁊ hwet ha ahen his {300} deorewurde milce to ȝelden. ant euch {} an luueð oðer ase muchel as him seoluen.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Nis in al þis kine {} lond {;} cniht swa muchel ne swa strong.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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++Wes iþon time as þe redunge telleð. þe modi Maximien keiser irome.heriende. ⁊ heiende heaðene maumez. wið unimeað {20} muchel hird. ⁊ wið heh duheðe. ⁊ fordemde alle þeo þe o drihtin bilefden.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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And þu ȝif me swa muchel lond {;} to stonden a mire aȝere ho {n} d.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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+S+e gleade ha beoð of godd {;} þ̵ al is hare blisse. se muchel
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Godes wisdom is wel muchel ⁊ alsse is his mihte 215
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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