If we were to code what you ask in pure JS: FIDDLE
<div id="fakeSelect">
    <div id="selectBox"></div>
    <ul id="selectOptionsBox">
        <li>Manni</li>
        <li>Manni - Haraldarmanni</li>
        <li>Manni - <b>Hornafjarðarmanni</b></li>
        <li>Manni - Laugarvatnsmanni</li>
        <li>Marglita hálfmáninn</li>
        <li>Marglita klukkan</li>
        <li>Marías</li>
        <li>Mausel</li>
        <li>Málverkasafnið</li>
        <li>Mexíkanskur veltipóker</li>
        <li>Miklar hindranir</li>
        <li>Monte Carlo</li>
    </ul>
</div>
#fakeSelect {
    user-select: none;
    -webkit-user-select: none;
}
#selectBox {
    width: calc(200px - 4px);
    border: 1px solid silver;
    padding: 2px;
    cursor: default;
    font: 13px Arial, sans-serif;
    position: relative;
}
#selectBox:hover {
    border: 1px solid gray;
}
#selectBox::after {
    position: absolute;
    content: "▼";
    font-size: .8em;
    right: 5px;
    top: 5px;
}
#selectOptionsBox {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    width: 200px;
    border: 1px solid silver;
    border-top: none;
    overflow: auto;
    height: 150px;
    cursor: default;
    font: 13px Arial, sans-serif;
    display: none;
}
#selectOptionsBox li {
    padding: 2px;
}
#selectOptionsBox li:hover {
    background: gainsboro;
}
var selectBox = document.getElementById("selectBox");
var selectOptionsBox = document.getElementById("selectOptionsBox");
var selectOptions = selectOptionsBox.getElementsByTagName("li");
selectBox.innerHTML = selectOptions[0].innerHTML;
selectBox.onclick = function() {
    if (selectOptionsBox.style.display != "block") {
        selectOptionsBox.style.display = "block";
    } else {
        selectOptionsBox.style.display = "none";
    }
}
window.onclick = function(e) {
    if (e.target != selectBox &&
        selectOptionsBox.style.display == "block") {
        selectOptionsBox.style.display = "none";
    }
}
for (var i = 0; i < selectOptions.length; i++) {
    (function(i) {
        selectOptions[i].onclick = function() {
            selectBox.innerHTML = this.innerHTML;
        }
    })(i);
}