Middle English Dictionary Entry
clārie n.
Entry Info
| Forms | clārie n. |
| Etymology | ?A blend of L gloria & clār(us, -itās, etc.). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Rational perception and evaluation of (one's own) excellence.
Associated quotations
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)298 : Glorie is þilk apprisement or þilk jugement in resoun wherby a man holdiþ hym silf such and so good and so cleer in habundaunce of goodness as he knowiþ hymsilf to be..so þat glorie, which is as myche to seie as clarie or cleernes, is in þe resoun..not in þe wil.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)300 : Þis..knowing, juging and apprising is glorie or clarie or cleernes.