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LUST

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
LUST, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§111; §395;
LUST, desire, pleasure, voluptuousness
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  • Epicurus sǽde ðæt se lust wǽre ðæt héhste gód

    Epicurus summum bonum voluptatem esse constituit,

    • Bt. 24, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 84, 23
      • .

  • Swá mycel hǽto and lust Cristes geleáfan

    tantus fervor fidei et desiderium,

    • Bd. 2, 14
      • ;
    • S. 518, 4
      • .

  • Him wæs metes micel lust

    he had a craving for food,

    • Homl. Th. i. 86, 6
      • .

  • Lust oððe gǽlsa

    luxus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 11
      • ;
    • Som. 15, 11
      • .

  • Hwǽr beóþ ðonne se ídla lust and seó swétnes ðæs hǽmedþinges ðe hé ǽr hátheortlíce lufode,

    • Blickl. Homl. 59, 16
      • .

  • Lustes

    veneris,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 79
      • .

  • Luste

    oblectamento,

    • Hpt. Gl. 525, 68
      • .

  • Mid ungeswencedlíce luste heofonlícra góda

    infatigabili cælestium bonorum desiderio,

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • S. 631, 35
      • .

  • Nú is ðín folc on luste

    now is thy people desirous,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2046
      • ;
    • An. 1025
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 276
      • ;
    • El. 138
      • .

  • Wedres on luste

    glad on account of fair weather or[?] desirous of fair weather,

    • Exon. 97 a
      • ;
    • Th. 361, 28
      • ;
    • Wal. 26
      • .

  • Of luste flǽsces

    ex voluntate carnis,

    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 1, 13
      • .

  • In lust

    in luxum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 3
      • :
    • Hpt. Gl. 514, 5
      • .

  • Him sǽde his willan and his lust

    ei indicasset desiderium suum,

    • Bd. 2, 15
      • ;
    • S. 519, 7
      • .

  • Ofer lust mínne

    a desiderio meo,

    • Ps. Th. 139, 8
      • .

  • Ðonne hafaþ hé micelne lust

    ita ingentem libidinem haberet,

    • L. Med. ex Quad. 8, 8
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 358, 20
      • .

  • Plegan, lustas

    ludrica,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 64
      • .

  • Him sweðraden synna lustas

    sinful lusts were stilled in him,

    • Exon. 34 a
      • ;
    • Th. 109, 3
      • ;
    • Gú. 84
      • .

  • Se man hine forhabban sceal on manegum þingum his lífes lusta

    homini a multis vitæ sum libidinibus abstinendum sit,

    • L. Ecg. P. 1, 5, arg
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 170, 10
      • .

  • Hé hine ætbrǽd ðám flǽsclícum lustum,

    • Homl. Th. i. 58, 19
      • .

  • Hé fulgǽþ his lustum and his plegan

    he follows his desires and his pleasure,

    • 66, 12
      • .

  • Tó ðám upplícan lustum

    ad superna desideria,

    • Bd. 4, 29
      • ;
    • S. 607, 15
      • .

  • Of lustum ðiss lífes

    voluptatibus vitæ,

    • Lk. Skt. 8, 14
      • .

  • Luftum

    joyfully, gladly, voluntarily,

    • Cd. 1
      • ;
    • Th. 2, 8
      • ;
    • Gen. 16
      • .

  • Ic ðé lustum láce cwéme

    voluntarie sacrifcabo tibi,

    • Ps. Th. 53, 6
      • .

  • Néde oððe lustum,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 9, 88
      • ;
    • Met. 9, 44
      • .

  • Mid lustum,

    • Dóm. L. 6, 70.

  • Wesan on lustum

    to live joyously,

    • Cd. 23
      • ;
    • Th. 30, 26
      • ;
    • Gen. 473
      • .

  • Here wæs on lustum

    joyous were the people,

    • Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 23, 38
      • ;
    • Jud. 162
      • .

  • Ne heora lustas ne heora willan gefyllan

    nec desideria vel vota complere,

    • Bd. 1, 7
      • ;
    • S. 477, 38
      • .

  • Líces lustas,

    • Exon. 71 b
      • ;
    • Th. 267, 2
      • ;
    • Jul. 409
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. lustus
:
O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. lust luxus, appetitus, venus, delectatio, concupiscentia
:
Ger. lust.
]
Derived forms
firen-, syn-, un-lust
Linked entries
v.  lustume.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “LUST.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/21896.

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