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ˈover-ˈmickle, a. and adv. Now Sc. and north. dial.
[OE. ofermicel adj. = ON. ofrmikill: see over- 28.]
Too much, overmuch.
c893K. ælfred Oros. i. vii. §3 On þære tide wæs sio ofermycelo hæto on ealre worulde. c961Rule St. Benet xli. (Schr.) 65 Butan hy ouermicel ᵹeswinc habben. a1300Cursor M. 13066 (Cott.) Iohn, ouer mikel [Tr. to muche] has þou spoken. c1400Rule St. Benet 8 Ne ete our-mikil; Ne drinc ouir-mikil. 1482Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 99 Sche louyd her kynnys folke ouermekyl carnaly. 1483Cath. Angl. 263/1 Ouer mekylle, nimis. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 48 Thai quhilkis traistis owyr mekle in thair awin wisdome. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Overmickle, owermickle, overmuch. Mod. Sc. It wad be ower muckle fash. |