(a) Much, a great deal; a large amount (of sth.); a considerable part or fraction of (sth.); a large number (of people) [quot.: Chartier Treat.Hope]; (b) connen (knouen) ~, to be knowledgeable (in sth.), have expertise (in sth.), know a lot (about sth.); mouen ~, be able to do much; setten right ~, attach very much value (to sth.), consider (sth.) very important; (c) ~ conninge, very learned; ~ eting [see etinge ppl.]; (d) as name.

In phrases with reference to amount or quantity: (a) as ~, so ~, also ~, an equal amount, such an amount; as much, so much; ful (wel) ~, a very great amount; to ~, too much; twies so ~; as (so, also) ~ as, as ~..so ~; (b) hou ~, however much, such an amount as; hou ~ ever, for however much, at whatever amount [see also hou conj. adv. 3. (c), (d)]; (c) ilich ~, lik ~, the same amount, an equal quantity.

In phrases with reference to degree or extent: (a) for as ~ as, for al)so ~ as, insomuch as, insofar as; since, because [see also as conj. 6., for as much & for so much]; (b) bi ~, considerably; bi hou ~..bi so ~, to whatever degree..to that degree; bi so ~, to that extent; in hou ~, to what (an) extent; into hou ~, to such an extent; of ~, insofar as, to the extent that; so ~, such a degree or extent; so ~ as; (c) in as ~ as, to the degree or extent that, in view of the fact that, for the reason that; inasmuch as; also, as [quot.: *Chauliac(1)]; in so ~, because; to such an extent; also, to the end that, until [see also in as muche as & in so muche].

In phrases with reference to the content or scope of an utterance: (a) melen (seien, tellen, etc.) thus ~, to say (tell, etc.) this much; say (tell, etc.) as much as follows; outbringen (shewen) thus ~, express (disclose) as much as this; speken as ~ as, utter at least (a reason); (b) amounten thus ~, of a story: to boil down to this, be paraphrased as follows; ben as ~ to seien (as, of a statement, of a rhetorical trope: imply or say in effect (that; amount only to saying (that; ben as ~ (for) to seien, of a personal name: have a (specified) meaning; as ~ to menen, of a foreign or learned term or statement: signifying; ben as ~ to seien (as, ben thus ~ to seien, menen (seien) as ~ as, be the translated equivalent of, mean in translation; also, mean in other words.

In phrases with reference to a person's rank or importance: (a) fro the leste unto the ~, from the lowliest to the loftiest people [see also leste adj.(1) 2a. & 2b.]; litel and ~, ~ and lite, persons of low and high (high and low) estate, all people [see also lite n.(3) 3. & litel n. 2. (a)]; ~ ne (no) lite [see lite n.(3) 3.]; etc.; (b) maken ~ of, to exaggerate (one's) importance, make much of (oneself) [cp. muche adv. 4. (b)].

In proverbial sayings.