Ge-lustfullian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-lustfullian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: intrans. To be delighted, be pleased, rejoice;

Definitions

1 ge-lustfullian

p. ode; pp. od. I. delectāri, lætāri :-- Hí gelustfulliaþ on mycelnysse sybbe delectābuntur in multĭtūdĭne pācis, Ps. Spl. 36, 11. Gelustfulla on Drihtne delectāre in Dŏmĭno, 36, 4. For ðysum gelustfullod is heorte mín propter hoc lætātum est cor meum, 15, 9. Ðe gelustfullaþ on yfelum lustum that delights in evil pleasures, Homl. Th. i. 496, 13. II. delectāre, jŭvāre :-- Me gelustfullaþ jŭvat me, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 12. Gelustfullodon ðé dóhtra cyninga delectāvērunt te fīliæ rēgum, Ps. Spl. 44, 10. Ða welan gelustfulliaþ riches afford pleasure, Homl. Th. ii. 88, 20 : 130, 9. ge-lustfullian

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛚᚢᛋᛏᚠᚢᛚᛚᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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