Old English Dictionary Entry

Of-lysted

Part of speech: -lyst;

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1 of-lysted

part. Possessed with a very strong desire, very desirous for (with gen. of object) :-- Eubolus wearð swá mycclum oflyst Basilies láre, ðæt him ne lyste nánes metes, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 42 : Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 23. Ðá wæs ðes man swíðe oflyst ðæs Hǽlendes tó-cymes, Homl. Th. i. 136, 6. Þeód wæs oflysted metes, Andr. Kmbl. 2226; An. 1114: 2454; An. 1228. Ðá wæs hé swýðe oflysted ðæt hé ðæs eádigan weres blód águte he was possessed with a very strong desire to shed the holy man's blood, Guthl. 7 ; Gdwin. 44, 22. Ða ðe sind oflyste rihtwísnysse, Homl. Th. i. 204, 1 : Exon. Th. 464, 3; Hö. 81. [Oflust æfter deores flæsce, Laym. 30554.] of-lysted

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Runic Inscription

ᚩᚠ-ᛚᚣᛋᛏᛖᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Works & Authors

An.: Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.: Andreas (OE poem)
Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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