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self-líce

  • noun [ neuter ]
  • adverb
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self-líce, es; n.
Self-love, self-complacency, self-satisfaction, -conceit, arrogance
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  • Ðonne ðæt selflíce gegriépþ ðæt mód þæs recceres

    amor proprius cum rectoris mentem ceperit,

      Past. 19, 1; Swt. 143, 5.
  • Ðonne áhefþ hé hine on his móde . . . mid ðý selflíce se Déma biþ geniéded tó ðæm ierre,

      4, 2; Swt. 39, 10.
  • Ðæm lytegan is ǽresð tó beleánne hiera selflíce ðæt hié ne wénen ðæt hié sién wiése . . . hé biþ ǽr úpáhæfen on selflíce for his lotwrencium

    in sapientibus hoc primum destruendum est, quod se sapientes arbitrantur,

      30, 1; Swt. 203, 9, 18.
  • Ðýlæs hé sié áhafen on his móde and on oferméttum áþunden and þurh ðæt selflíce his gódan weorc forleóse

    ne perfecta opera tumor elationis extinguat,

    proem.;
      Swt. 25, 7.
  • Hé hiene up áhefeþ on his móde on suelc gielp and on suelc selflíce se apud se per arrogantiam exaltat, 11, 4; Swt. 71, Ðæt freódóm ne gewende on selflíce and on ofermétto

    at libertas in superbiam non erumpat,

      19, 3; Swt. 147, 3.
  • Upáhafene þurh selflíce. Bt. 3,

      4; Fox 6, 25.
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v.  -líce -líce.
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  • self-líce, n.; adv.