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lustbǽr-ness

  • noun [ feminine ]
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lustbǽr-ness, e; f.
Desire, pleasure, pleasantness
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  • Lustbǽrnes

    delectatio,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 56
      • .

  • Ða bereáfodon ǽlcere lustbǽrnesse

    they robbed me of every pleasure,

    • Bt. 2
      • ;
    • Fox 4, 11
      • .

  • Wé ðonne ne beóþ onǽlde mid ðære lustbǽrnesse úres módes ðonne bistilþ sió slǽwþ on ús óþ ðæt heó ús áwyrtwalaþ from ǽlcere lustbǽrnesse gódra weorca

    ipsa quippe mentis desidia, dum congruo fervore non accenditur, a bonorum desiderio funditus convalescente furtim torpore mactatur,

    • Past. 39, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 283, 3
      • .

  • Hit biþ onstyred mid ðære lustbǽrnesse

    ex delectatione pulsatur,

    • 53, 6
      • ;
    • Swt. 417, 13
      • .

  • Þurh Evan lustbǽrnesse oferswíðed

    delectatione superatus,

    • 53, 7
      • ;
    • Swt. 417, 28
      • .

  • Hí náne lustbǽrnisse nabbaþ hí tó sécanne

    they have no desire to seek them,

    • Bt. 32, 3
      • ;
    • Fox 118, 23
      • .

  • Lustbǽrnesse nimþ

    cupidinem contrahat,

    • L. Ecg. P. iii. 14
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 202, 4
      • :
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 72
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “lustbǽr-ness.” 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/21901.

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