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    described by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as a "Great Heathen Army" (OE: mycel hæþen here or mycel heathen here). Historians provide varying estimates for the size...
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    ἔργον érgon ورز varz *werǵ- "to work" մեծ mec "big, great" much ( ← OE mycel "great, big, many") magnus μέγας mégas مه، مهست meh, mahest मह maha много...
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  • initial army was reinforced in 871 by the Great Summer Army (Old English: mycel sumorlida). Guthrum, a nephew of Horik II of Denmark and a failed candidate...
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    in Matt. i-iii, child, chyld, riche, and mychel, for the cild, rice, and mycel of the Old English version whence they were copied. In these cases, the...
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    fyrenne dracan wæron gesewene on þam lifte fleogende. Þam tacnum sona fyligde mycel hunger, ⁊ litel æfter þam, þæs ilcan geares on .vi. Idus Ianuarii, earmlice...
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    Middlebrook along its entire length as early references mention the Mikelbrok, (mycel and broc), the great stream but not the Croal. It meets the Irwell at Nob...
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  • *medʰyo- mēǰ "middle" mes, mjet "in between, middle" *meǵ- "big" much (< OE myc̣el "big, many") mikils "big" magnus "big" mégas "big" máha-, mahā́nt- "big"...
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    Exeter (the precursor to the later cathedral) is one famously described as i mycel Englisc boc be gehwilcum þingum on leoð-wisan geworht: "one large English...
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    English middel "middle" and tun "farm". Instead, the name is from Old English mycel "large (compare "much")" + tun "farm". The name was recorded as Micletone...
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    than just raiding. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle described the army as the "mycel heathen here" (Great Heathen Army). They landed in East Anglia where the...
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  • *dyḗws ("heaven")  hollow OE holh << PGmc *holhwo- Lake Miwok hóllu  much OE myċel << PGmc *mikilaz << PIE *meǵa- ("big, stout, great") Spanish mucho ("much") ...
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    2018. Ƿæt Eastland is swyðe mycel, and ƿær bið swyðe manig burh, and on ælcere byrig bið cyningc ; and ƿær bið swyðe mycel huning, and fiscað ; and se...
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    Roe deer in the New Forest, which was established by King William. (He sætte mycel deorfrið […] He forbead þa heortas)...
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    landed in East Anglia. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle described this force as the mycel hæþen here (Great Heathen Army) and went on to say that it was led by Ivar...
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  • /bʌk/; OE lufian > to love /lʌv/; OE uppe > up; OE on bufan > above OE y OE myċel > ME muchel >! much; OE blysċan > to blush; OE cyċġel > cudgel; OE clyċċan...
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  • meaning "Heath homestead". The affix "Much" comes from the Old English "mycel", meaning "great". The name changed around the time of the Civil War. The...
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  • "lift" < lyft "air", etc. show the normal (Anglian) development. "much" < myċel shows the West Saxon development. "merry" < myriġ shows the Kentish development...
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    see Thing, British Isles Old Norse haugr: "mound" or "grave-mound" The "mycel hæþen here" (Great Heathen Army) over wintered at Torksey (near Lincoln)...
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    Retrieved July 19, 2022. Japoy Lizardo [@japoy_lizardo] (March 29, 2013). ""@myzMycel: @japoy_lizardo ilocano ka gayam kuya Japs? O_o"- wen!! ^^" (Tweet) – via...
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  • it lay near the intersection of the ancient Ridgeway with Wansdyke. ...7 mycel wæl gewearð on Brytene þes geares æt Wodnesbeorge, 7 Ceawlin wæs ut adrifen...
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  • i-mutation and from sporadic rounding of /i(ː)/ in certain circumstances (e.g. myċel 'much' from earlier miċel with rounding perhaps triggered by the rounded...
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    history is unknown. The name of the circle may derive from 'micel' or 'mycel', Old English for 'big', referring to the size of this large circle. Its...
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    the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is the "A" version. Another Old English name "mycel hæðen here", meaning "great heathen raiding-army", appears in later versions...
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  • < dysiġ, lift < lyft etc. show the normal (Anglian) development; much < myċel shows the West Saxon development; merry < myriġ shows the Kentish development;...
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    The name Middlebrook (or Middle Brook) comes from the Old English words "mycel" and "broc" meaning "great brook". In 1292, the name was written "Mikelbrok"...
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  • Magenetrixx No Rush - Frogacult Phase Shift - Magnetrixx Drumming Headquarters - mycel - Frogacult Nick Drake Pot Pourri - Mogwai Skazi - XTC - Skazi Tohuwabohu...
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  • on Wincestre sæt, ac hit him ne geþafode Godwine eorl, ne ec oþre men þe mycel mihton wealdan, forðan hit hleoðrode þa swiðe toward Haraldes, þeh hit unriht...
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    manegum stowum, on Wygracestre on Wic on Deorby elles gehwær, eac wæs swiðe mycel mancwealm orfcwealm, eac þæt wilde fyr on Deorbyscire micel yfel dyde gehwær...
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