ˈover-ˈmickle, a. and adv. Now Sc. and north. dial.
[OE. ofermicel adj. = ON. ofrmikill: see over- 28.]
Too much, overmuch.
| c 893 K. ælfred Oros. i. vii. §3 On þære tide wæs sio ofermycelo hæto on ealre worulde. c 961 Rule St. Benet xli. (Schr.) 65 Butan hy ouermicel ᵹeswinc habben. a 1300 Cursor M. 13066 (Cott.) Iohn, ouer mikel [Tr. to muche] has þou spoken. c 1400 Rule St. Benet 8 Ne ete our-mikil; Ne drinc ouir-mikil. 1482 Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 99 Sche louyd her kynnys folke ouermekyl carnaly. 1483 Cath. Angl. 263/1 Ouer mekylle, nimis. 1552 Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 48 Thai quhilkis traistis owyr mekle in thair awin wisdome. 1825 Brockett N.C. Gloss., Overmickle, owermickle, overmuch. Mod. Sc. It wad be ower muckle fash. |