Meanings of be mickle in English

There was mickle spurring across the plain among Rudeger's friends till they found the princes.

Therefore he is mickle the better, said Tristram.

They all took leave, both knights and squires and maids and ladies, as was mickle right.

These knights, they say, wore clothes of raven-black, and their shields were mickle, broad and goodly.

Bold Hagen's strength was mickle and great, but Iring smote him, that the whole hall rang.

Then with Dietrich there alighted from the steeds, as was mickle right, many a knight and squire.

She is mickle fearful for my brother.

His boar-spear was mickle, stark and broad.

It 's mickle a man gets here for his work, that he should be after throwing it awa.

The tidings came to court, how the king had fared; then was mickle sorrow spread to the folk.

But twain there were mickle, unlike to the others; the one drew toward France, the other toward Ireland.

There was mickle blood-shed, mischief was among the folk; death there was rife; the earth there became dun!

The folk was of many a land; there was mickle envy; for the one accounted himself high, the other much higher.

Knights fell down, and yearned their deaths; there was mickle lamentation and heart-groaning, there was many a piteous speech, there was yell of men!

God defend me, said Dinadan, from thy fellowship, for Sir Tristram were mickle the worse an he were in thy company; and then they departed.