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lícettung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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lícettung, e; f.
Feigning, pretence, false representation, simulation, hypocrisy
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  • Lícetung

    hypocrisis,

    • Lk. Skt. 12, 1.
  • Hwǽr com seó manigfealde lícetung heora freónda

    what is become of the manifold flattery of their friends?

    • Blickl. Homl. 99, 33
    • .
  • Innan gé synt fulle líccettunge [MSS. A. B. lícetunge]

    intus pleni estis hypocrisi,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 23, 28
    • .
  • Bútan lícetunge

    sine hypocrisi,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 33, 7
    • .
  • Ðæt his gesacan on miclum dǽle lícettunge and leáse wið hine syredon and onsægdon

    accusatores ejus nonnulla in parte falsas contra eum machinasse calumnias,

    • Bd. 5, 19
    • ;
    • S. 640, 14
    • .
  • Þurh lícetunge

    per simulationem,

    • Confess. Peccat.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. líhizunga dissimulatio.
]
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v. leás-lícettung.
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