Mickle
/ˈmɪk.əl/noun
Great in size or amount; much, large, or abundant.
Did you know?Mickle is an ancient Germanic word, and it survives in the old phrase “many a little makes a mickle,” where “mickle” means a great amount, not a mystical object.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*meg-
“To be big or great.”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*mikilaz
“Great, large, much.”
Old English
OE
micel
“Great, large, much.”
Middle English
ME
mikel / mikkle
“Great; much; abundant.”
Modern English
English
mickle
“Chiefly dialectal: much; large in amount.”