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med-micel

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med-micel, adj.
not great, moderate, small (of time, space, quantity)
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  • Se medmicla fyrst

    modica illa intercapedo,

    • Bd. 5, 1
      • ;
    • S. 614, 14: Blickl. Homl. 111, 24.

  • Is on westan medmycel duru,

    • 1127, 8.

  • Se yfela déma onféhþ medmycclum feó,

    • 61, 30.

  • Ðá féng hé tó medmycclan bigleofan, ðæt wæs tó ðam berenan hláfe,

    • Guthl. 5
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 34, 5.

  • Hæfde hé medmycel (

    permodicum

    )

    mynster,

    • Bd. 4, 13
      • ;
    • S. 582, 21.

  • Cærenes gódne bollan fulne, and ecedes medmicelne,

    • L. M. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 24, 20.

  • Midmycle (other MS. medmycle),

    • Bd. 2, 16
      • ;
    • S. 519, 34,

  • Medmiclu and miclu

    pusilla et magna,

    • Blickl. Gl.
  • Used as a noun :

    -- Ðó medmicel on ða eágan

    put a little into the eyes,

    • 1, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdtn. ii. 36, 8.

  • Medmicel pipores,

    • 2, 44
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 256, 5.

  • Medmicel hláfes,

    • Bd. 3, 27
      • ;
    • S. 559, 35.

  • Ðæs medmásta (or medmasta? from medume. v. also under II, III) geleáfe

    minime fidei,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 10, 30.
not great, trifling, venial, not important
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  • Gif man medmycles (

    exigui

    )

    hwæthwega deóflum onsægþ, fæste i. geár; gif he mycles hwæt onsecge, fæste x winter,

    • L. Ecg. C. 32
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 156, 15.

  • Medmycel ǽrende wé ðyder habbaþ,

    • Blickl. Homl. 233, 11.

  • Ða gód ðe ic ǽfre dyde wǽron swíðe feáwe and medmicle (

    nimium pauca et modica

    ),
    • Bd. 5, 13
      • ;
    • S. 632, 38.

  • Ne mágon we búton ðǽm medmyclum synnum beón,

    • Blickl. Homl. 37, 10.

  • On mycclum gyltum oððe on medmycclum,

    • 107, 14.

  • Micclum þingum and medmiclum,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 304, 12.

  • Ðæt ic on ðam medemǽstan (medemæstan?) geþohte gesyngode

    quæ tenuissima cogitatione peccavi,

    • Bd. 5, 13
      • ;
    • S. 633, 10.
not great, lowly, mean, poor
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  • On medmyclum hrægle gehealdene

    content with mean apparel,

    • Blickl. Homl. 185, 17.

  • On ðone medmycclan innoþ ðære á clǽnan fǽmnan

    into the lowly womb of the ever clean virgin,

    • 5, 18, 33: 23, 23.

  • Æt ánum of ðissum medmǽstan

    unum de pusillis istis,

    • L. Ecg. P. Add. 23
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 236, 10.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “med-micel.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/22541.

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