An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

A. S. mytha. meta, limes.

4. The boundary of human life.
Doug.
5. A hint, an innuendo, S. B.
V. [Myth], v.

MEKYL, MEIKLE, MYKIL, MUCKLE, adj.
1. Great, respecting size, S.
Douglas.
2. Much; denoting quantity or extent, S.
Ramsay.

A. S. micel, mucel, Alem. Isl. mikil, magnus.

3. Denoting pre-eminence, S.

Isl. mikilmenne, vir magnificus.

Mekildom, s. Largeness of size, S.
Rams.

Mekilwort, s. Deadly nightshade.
Bellenden.

To MEL, MELL, v. n. To speak, to mention, S. B.
Gawan and Gol.

Su. G. mael-a, Isl. mal-a, A. S. mael-an, id.