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lystan

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
lystan, p. te
Wright's OE grammar
§530;
To desire.
with gen.
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  • Þonne seó sáwl þyrsteð and lysteð Godes ríces

    Deum sitiens anima,

      Gr. D. 244, 27.
with infin.
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  • Manige men hine geornlíce lystan geseón

    multi hunc anxie videre sitiebant,

      Gr. D. 45, 22.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. lust; 2. Cf. Goth. lustón to desire : O. H. Ger. lustón.]
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