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self-líce

  • adjective
  • adverb
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self-líce, adj.
Self-satisfied, self-complacent, conceited, arrogant
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  • Oft se welega and se wædla habbaþ suá gehweorfed hira þeáwum ðæt se welega biþ eáðmód and sorgfull and se wædla biþ upáhæfen and selflíce

    plerumque personarum ordinem permutat qualitas morum, ut sit dives humilis, sit pauper elatus,

      Past. 26, 2; Swt. 183, 11.
  • Selflícne secg

    the self-satisfied man,

      Met. Introd. 7.
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  • self-líce, adj.; adv.