And quhen the Squyere saw him fall in syk a thocht, be manere of ane extasy, he sperit at him, Quhat movit him to muse samekle on his wordis?
I'll gie thee all these milk-whyt steids, That prance and nicher at a speir; With as mekle gude Inglis gilt, As four of their braid backs dow beir.
These four-and-twenty mills complete Sall gang for thee throw all the yeir; 50 And as mekle of gude reid wheit, As all thair happers dow to bear.
And on the uther syde war lost, Into the feild that dismal day, Chief men of worth, of mekle cost, 195 To be lamentit sair for ay.
The Lord Saltoun of Rothemay, A man of micht and mekle main; Grit dolour was for his decay, That sae unhappylie was slain.
Then he bad all his men be trew, And him defend by forss and slicht, And promist them rewardis anew, And mak them men of mekle micht.
Johnne Fien blew up the duris, and blew in the lychtis, quhilkis wer lyke mekle blak candillis, stiking round about the pulpett.
I am irkit, and ganging to sleip, and zit I ceis not to scrible[431] all this paper in sa mekle as restis thairof.
Becaus I have over mekle to wryte, and it is lait: I give traist unto him upon zour word.
Waryit mot this pokische man be that causes me haif sa mekle pane, for without him I suld have an far plesander subject to discourse upon.
Se not hir, quhais fenzeit teiris suld not be sa mekle praisit nor estemit, as the trew and faithful travellis quhilk I sustene for to merite hir place.
He is not over mekle deformit, zit he hes ressavit verray mekle.
But Secretarie Lethingtoun, (alledging that thair stood mekle in the informatioun,) said, that he should wryte.
O Lord, I have been a bloode thristye man, and by my meanes hes mekle innocent bloode bein spilt; but wilt thou geve me victory this day, and I shall serve thee all the dayis of my lyef.
And on the uther syde war lost, Into the feild that dismal day, Chief men of worth, of mekle cost, To be lamentit sair for ay.
Than in the mornyng up scho gatt, And on hir hairt laid hir disjune; Scho put als mekle in hir lap, As micht haif ser[v]d them baith at nune.
Yit he gat the mekle pat upon the fyre, 85 And gat twa cannes, and ran to the spout; Er he came in, quhat thought ye of that?
Than ben thair come ane gredy sow, I trow he cund hir littil thank; For in scho schot hir mekle mow, 75 And ay scho winkit and scho drank.
Waryit mot this pockische man be that causes me haif sa mekle pane, for without him I suld have an far plesander subject to discourse upon.
He is not over mekle deformit,[42] zit he hes ressavit verray mekle.
I am irkit {weary}[41] and ganging to sleip, and zit I ceis not to scrible all this paper in sa mekle as restis thairof.
For to declair thair haill sentence, Wald mekle cummer your conscience.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mekle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
