Ge-lustfullian

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ge-lustfullian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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. v. trans. To delight, please; 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

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

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