Middle English Dictionary Entry
self-willed adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | self-willed adj. Also selwillid. |
| Etymology | From self-wille n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Obstinate, self-willed.
Associated quotations
- a1500(a1471) Ashby APP (Cmb Mm.4.42)366 : Kepe no selfe-willed oppunion, But to all reason bethe appliable.
- a1500 PParv.(KC 8)452 : Selwillyd [Hrl 221: Selwylly, or he þat folowythe hys owne wylle only].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- c1475(c1450) ?Scrope Mirror World (Bod 283) 12729 : Thowe be not soo selfe-willed ne soo sette in thi presumpcion that thowe [f]lette not to beleve goode counsell and but as that thowe maye leve thyn owne witte for to beleve and obeye too a better than thyne.
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