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to cause pleasure in a person,
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  • Lysteð

    juvabat,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 2.
with acc. of person,
alone
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  • Gif þé lyste

    si placet,

      Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 7.

  • Úre frið is wyrs gehealden ðonne mé lyste (

    placeat

    ),
      Ll. Th. i. 220, 2.
with gen. of that in which pleasure is taken
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  • Suá hiene swídur lysð (lyst, v. l.) ðisses and*-*weardan

    quo delectant praesentia,

      Past. 351, 8.
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  • Mé lyste bet ꝥ þú mé sǽdest ymbe ꝥ ðonne ðú mé ácsodest,

      Bt. 34, 6; F. 142, 12.
with dat. infin.
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  • Ic hys hæbbe goodne dǽl gehýred, and ic hys eác gelífe; ac mé lyste hyt nú bet tó wítanne þonne tó gelýfanne

    it would be pleasanter to me for it to be known than to be believed,

      Solil. H. 59, 33.
with dat. of person, Bd. 3, 16; Sch. 266, 8 (
in Dict.).
to cause desire,
with acc. of person and
gen. of thing desired
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  • Ne lyst mé nú þæs

    nihil hujusmodi quaero, nihil desidero,

      Solil. H. 36, 15.

  • Ðæt hié eác selfe ðæs ilcan lyste

    ut habere propria concupiscant,

      Past. 229, 14.

  • Ðé ongan lystan úre, nas ús þín,

      Bt. 7, 5 ; F. 24, 1.
acc. of thing desired ?
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  • Hé on ðǽm óðrum hæfde ðæt hine lyste,

      Past. 459, 3.
  • Húi ðone cealdan magan ungelíclice mettas lyste. Lch. ii. 160, 8.
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  • Ǽlcne man lyst . . . þæt hé hine móte hwílum þáron gerestan,

      Solil. H. 2, 8.
with infin. to make a person
willing and ready to do something
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  • Þu meaht ongitan gif his þé géman lyst,

      Met. 31, 1.

  • Hí eall witon þæt hý witan lyst,

      Solil. H. 67, 22.

  • Ðæt hine ne lyste sum nytwyrðe weorc wyrcean

    agere quae debet bona dissimulat,

      Past. 285, 9.

  • Swá hwelcne mon swá lyste þæt witan,

      Ors. 1. 11 ; S. 50, 17.
with gen. and dat. infin. cf. (2 d)
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  • Fela mé lyste witan ðes þe ic nát. Ne lyst mé þeáh nánes þinges swíðor tó witanne þonne þises

    there is nothing I desire more to be known than this,

      Solil. H. 14, 22.
with dat. of person
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  • [Hml. Th. ii. 220, 22,

    in Dict.

    ]. Lyste þám þe lyste þisne cræft leornian, Angl. viii. 308, 25. v. of-lysted ( not -lystón).
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lystan.” 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/54887.

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