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§111; §395;
Add: : I. pleasure, delight
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  • Þú hæfst ongyten þá wonclan trúwa þæs blindan lustes

    deprehendisti caeci numinis ambiguos vultus,

      Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 3.
  • Hé hæfde his heofonríce hér on eorðan, þá him nánes willan næs forwyrnd hér, ne nánes lustes on þysse weorulde. Ps. Th. 48,18.

  • Luste

    oblectamento (verborum frauduleitlo),

      An. Ox. 5285.

  • Hwæðer him ðæt geðóht cume of fǽrlicum luste

    (delectatione),

      Past. 417, 5.

  • Hé lust wigeð,

      B. 599.

  • Hú manige þú forléten hæbbe þisse worlde lusta for Gode,

      Solil. H. 23, 4, 7.

  • Ic ongite þætte . . . seó héhste blis nis on þám flǽsclicum lustum video . . . nec laetitiam voluptatibus posse

    contíngere,

      Bt. 33, I ; F. 120, 6.
  • ¶ with prep, or oblique case used adverbially, (v. II. ¶) with pleasure, gladly.
with prep, on luste, on lust
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  • Wíf bæd hine blíðne æt þǽre beórþege . . . Hé on lust geþeah seleful,

      B. 618: Vy. 76: Rä. 71, 7.

  • Sceal lof Drihtnes on lust sprecan mín múð,

      Ps. Th. 144, 21.
dat. (inst. )
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  • Seó sáwl mid gefeán séceð lustum þæt lámfæt,

      Seel. 133 : 136.

  • Wé þás sǽlác lustum bróhton tíres tó tácne,

      B. 1653.

  • Hé

    (Christ)

    lustum dreág ehtendra níð,
      Gú. 495.

  • God weorðiað mid lofsangum lustum myclum,

      Ps. Th. 99, 3.

  • Hé

    (Noah)

    stáh ofer streámweall lustum miclum,
      Gen. 1495.
desire, appetite for something
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  • Monað módes lust ferd tó féran,

      Seef. 36.

  • Úsic lust hweteð on þá leódmearce, An. 286. þæt ic þé mæge lust áhwettan

    that I may whet your appetite, i. e. make you more ready (to take us as passengers ),

    303.

  • Ne lyse me nú þæs; ac gyf hyt mé ǽfre on lust becymi I do not desire it, but if ever it becomes a desire to me, Solil. H. 36, 16. ¶ in a bad sense,

    greed:

    — Ús þurh þíne lust and gítsunga onscunian sceal
      Scippend, Bt. 7, 5; F. 24, 5. II a.

  • On ðǽm luste yfles weorces,

      Past. 71, 14.

  • Lust leófes sídes,

      Exod. 53.

  • Þurh úrena lust,

      Cri. 369. II b.

  • Se Sceoppend eallra gesceafta hæfþ forgifen ǽnne lust eallum his gesceaftum, ꝥ is ꝥ hí woldon á bióti,

      Bt. 34, 12; F. 152, 17.

  • Hé sægde hire his lust and willan, ꝥ his lufu wǽre ꝥ hé þá stówe neósode, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 657, 13. III a. (one's) desire or wish :-- Hé wénþ gif hé ðonne lust begite

    if he get his desire,

      Bt. 34, 7 ; F. 144, 4.

  • Þæt bid eádig wer, sé ðe á þenceð ꝥ hé his lust on þon gefylle

    beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis,

      Ps. Th. 126, 6.

  • Hí hiora lusta lifdon hwíle

    desiderium eorum attulit eis,

      77, 29.

  • Hé hí lifian hét lustum heortena

    (secundnm desideria cordis eorum),

      80, 12. ꝥ
  • II. ¶ with prep. or oblique case used adverbially (v. I. ¶), with alacrity, willingly, eagerly.
with prep, on luste, on lust
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  • Wǽron æscwigan . . . síðes gefýsde . . . , fóron on luste cáseres bodan,

      El. 262.
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  • Heó (Hagar) lustum ne wolde þeówdðm þolian,

      Gen. 2239.Þá clǽnan folc . . . ǽr
    sínne cwide georne, lustum lǽstun, Cri. 1225.

  • Ic þé gearuwe tó, æt leóhte gehwám, lustum wacie,

      Ps. Th. 62, l. Mé
    lustum álýs, and mé lungre weorð, . . . georne þeccend, 70, 2.

  • Hú ic ǽ þine lustum lufode,

      118, 97.

  • Lustume (lustum

    ?) voluntarie,

      Rtl. 28, 13.

  • III.

    sensuous appetite or desire, considered as sinful or leading to sin

    :-- Se lust ðe hine geunrótsað,
      Past. 417, 8.

  • Sió scyld de hiene ðurh sciénesse costað for his luste,

      79, 22.

  • Ðá ðe mid fǽrlice luste (cf. unryhtgewilnunge, 30) bióð oferswíðde

    qui repentina concupiscentia superantur,

      429, 33.

  • Þá þe æfter hiora líchoman luste irnaþ,

      Bt. 41, 3 ; F. 246, 24.

  • Lusta

    libidinum,

      An. Ox. 1907.

  • Líchamlicere geþeódnesse lustum

    carnalis copulę volnptatibus,

    1606.

  • Sé þe líþ on his líchaman lustum, hé bið anlícost féttum swínum,

      Bt. 37, 4 ; F. 192, 25.

  • Hé ofdrysce ðá lustas his unðeáwa,

      Past. 85, 12.

  • Wé á sculon ídle lustas, synwunde forseón,

      Cri. 756.

  • IV.

    sexual appetite or desire

    :-- Ðá ðe ofðryscai ðá styringe ðæs flǽsclican lustes,
      Past. 409, 2.

  • Wrǽne on lust áslád

    (praeses) petulcus in luxum labescit,

      An. Ox. 4650.

  • V.

    lust, passionate desire

    for something :-- Wæs se leódhete þrohtheard . . . þrymman sceócon módige maguþegnas morðres on luste, woldon on þám hysebeorþre heafolan gescénan,
      An. 1142.

  • VI. of a thing, vigour, lustiness (?) :-- Úp gewát líg and þurh lust (

    by its violence

    ?) geslóh micle máre þonne gemet wǽre,
      Dan. 249.
  • v. geoguþ-, unriht-, wamm-, weorold-, wyn-lust.
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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/54853.

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