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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1400-1438, 1615

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Mekil(l)nes, n. [Late ME. mekilnesse (15th c.), ME. mikelnes (a 1300), mykilnesse, michelnesse (c 1200), mychilnes.] (Great) size or stature. —c1400 Troy-bk. i. 221.
A fare cite … thar was othyr nane it lyk Of mekilnes and of bewte
?1438 Alex. i. 1004.
Thay … War of ane will and ane stoutnes, Bot nocht all of ane mekilnes
1615 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 367.
To Robert Leichman … in respect of his talnes and mekilnes

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