muchel

Middle English

Alternative forms

• michel, mickle, mikel, mochel, mochell, mukel
• muche (apocopated form)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English myċel, miċel, from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz.

Adjective

muchel

1. much
   • c. 1200, Mirie it is while sumer y-last:

     Ei, ei! What this nicht is long / And ich with wel michel wrong / Soregh and murne and fast.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adverb

muchel

1. much

Descendants

• English: much
• Geordie English: mickle, muckle
• Scots: mickle, mikil, mekil, mukill, muckle
• Yola: mucha, muche, much

Descendants

• “muchel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “muchel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “muchel, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.