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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
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  • Swá mycel hǽto and lust Cristes geleáfan

    tantus fervor fidei et desiderium,

    • Bd. 2, 14
    • ;
    • S. 518, 4
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  • Him wæs metes micel lust

    he had a craving for food,

    • Homl. Th. i. 86, 6
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  • Lust oððe gǽlsa

    luxus,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 11
    • ;
    • Som. 15, 11
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  • Hwǽr beóþ ðonne se ídla lust and seó swétnes ðæs hǽmedþinges ðe hé ǽr hátheortlíce lufode,

    • Blickl. Homl. 59, 16
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  • Lustes

    veneris,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 79
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  • Luste

    oblectamento,

    • Hpt. Gl. 525, 68
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  • Mid ungeswencedlíce luste heofonlícra góda

    infatigabili cælestium bonorum desiderio,

    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 631, 35
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  • Nú is ðín folc on luste

    now is thy people desirous,

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

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

    • Exon. 97 a
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    • Th. 361, 28
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    • Wal. 26
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  • Of luste flǽsces

    ex voluntate carnis,

    • Jn. Skt. Rush. 1, 13
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  • In lust

    in luxum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 3
    • :
    • Hpt. Gl. 514, 5
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  • Him sǽde his willan and his lust

    ei indicasset desiderium suum,

    • Bd. 2, 15
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    • S. 519, 7
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  • Ofer lust mínne

    a desiderio meo,

    • Ps. Th. 139, 8
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  • Ðonne hafaþ hé micelne lust

    ita ingentem libidinem haberet,

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

    ludrica,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 64
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  • Him sweðraden synna lustas

    sinful lusts were stilled in him,

    • Exon. 34 a
    • ;
    • Th. 109, 3
    • ;
    • Gú. 84
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  • 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
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    • Th. ii. 170, 10
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  • Hé hine ætbrǽd ðám flǽsclícum lustum,

    • Homl. Th. i. 58, 19
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  • Hé fulgǽþ his lustum and his plegan

    he follows his desires and his pleasure,

    • 66, 12
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  • Tó ðám upplícan lustum

    ad superna desideria,

    • Bd. 4, 29
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    • S. 607, 15
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  • Of lustum ðiss lífes

    voluptatibus vitæ,

    • Lk. Skt. 8, 14
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  • Luftum

    joyfully, gladly, voluntarily,

    • Cd. 1
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    • Th. 2, 8
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    • Gen. 16
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  • Ic ðé lustum láce cwéme

    voluntarie sacrifcabo tibi,

    • Ps. Th. 53, 6
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  • Néde oððe lustum,

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

    • Dóm. L. 6, 70.
  • Wesan on lustum

    to live joyously,

    • Cd. 23
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    • Th. 30, 26
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    • Gen. 473
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  • Here wæs on lustum

    joyous were the people,

    • Judth. 11
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    • Thw. 23, 38
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    • Jud. 162
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  • Ne heora lustas ne heora willan gefyllan

    nec desideria vel vota complere,

    • Bd. 1, 7
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    • S. 477, 38
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  • Líces lustas,

    • Exon. 71 b
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    • Th. 267, 2
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    • 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.
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