Lust

According to the Old English Dictionary:

lust

Add. : I. pleasure, delight :-- Þú hæfst ongyten þá wonclan trúwa þæs blindan lustes deprehendisti caeci numinis ambiguos vultus, Bt. 7, 2; F. 18, 3. Hé hæfde his heofonríce hér on eorðan, þá him nánes willan næs forwyrnd hér, ne nánes lustes on þysse weorulde. Ps. Th. 48,18. Luste oblectamento (verborum frauduleitlo), An. Ox. 5285. Hwæðer him ðæt geðóht cume of fǽrlicum luste (delectatione), Past. 417, 5. Hé lust wigeð, B. 599. Hú manige þú forléten hæbbe þisse worlde lusta for Gode, Solil. H. 23, 4, 7. Ic ongite þætte . . . seó héhste blis nis on þám flǽsclicum lustum video . . . nec laetitiam voluptatibus posse contíngere, Bt. 33, I ; F. 120, 6. ¶ with prep, or oblique case used adverbially, (with pleasure, gladly. (l) with prep, on luste, on lust :-- Wíf bæd hine blíðne æt þǽre beórþege . . . Hé on lust geþeah seleful, B. 618: Vy. 76: Rä. 71, 7. Sceal lof Drihtnes on lust sprecan mín múð, Ps. Th. 144, 21. (2) dat. (inst. ) :-- Seó sáwl mid gefeán séceð lustum þæt lámfæt, Seel. 133 : 136. Wé þás sǽlác lustum bróhton tíres tó tácne, B. 1653. Hé (Christ) lustum dreág ehtendra níð, Gú. 495. God weorðiað mid lofsangum lustum myclum, Ps. Th. 99, 3. Hé (Noah) stáh ofer streámweall lustum miclum, Gen. 1495. II. desire, appetite for something :-- Monað módes lust ferd tó féran, Seef. 36. Úsic lust hweteð on þá leódmearce, An. 286. þæt ic þé mæge lust áhwettan that I may whet your appetite, i. e. make you more ready (to take us as passengers), 303. Ne lyse me nú þæs; ac gyf hyt mé ǽfre on lust becymi I do not desire it, but if ever it becomes a desire to me, Solil. H. 36, 16. ¶ in a bad sense, greed: -- Ús þurh þíne lust and gítsunga onscunian sceal Scippend, Bt. 7, 5; F. 24, 5. II a. with gen, of thing desired :-- Ic wolde witan hwǽder de ǽnig lufe oððe lust sí ǽnigre wemnesse, Solil. H. 36, 14. On ðǽm luste yfles weorces, Past. 71, 14. Lust leófes sídes, Exod. 53. Þurh úrena lust, Cri. 369. II b. with clause giving that which is desired :-- Him wæs lust micel þæt hé þiossum leódum leóð spellode, Met. Bin. 3. Se Sceoppend eallra gesceafta hæfþ forgifen ǽnne lust eallum his gesceaftum, ꝥ is ꝥ hí woldon á bióti, Bt. 34, 12; F. 152, 17. Hé sægde hire his lust and willan, ꝥ his lufu wǽre ꝥ hé þá stówe neósode, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 657, 13. III a. (one's) desire or wish :-- Hé wénþ gif hé ðonne lust begite if he get his desire, Bt. 34, 7 ; F. 144, 4. Þæt bid eádig wer, sé ðe á þenceð ꝥ hé his lust on þon gefylle beatus vir qui implevit desiderium suum ex ipsis, Ps. Th. 126, 6. Hí hiora lusta lifdon hwíle desiderium eorum attulit eis, 77, 29. Hé hí lifian hét lustum heortena (secundnm desideria cordis eorum), 80, 12. ꝥ mon fulgá eallum his lustum, Bt. 24, 2 ; F. 82, 13. II. ¶ with prep. or oblique case used adverbially (v. I. ¶), with alacrity, willingly, eagerly. (l) with prep, on luste, on lust :-- Wǽron æscwigan . . . síðes gefýsde . . . , fóron on luste cáseres bodan, El. 262. (2) with case :-- Heó (Hagar) lustum ne wolde þeówdðm þolian, Gen. 2239.Þá clǽnan folc . . . ǽr sínne cwide georne, lustum lǽstun, Cri. 1225. Ic þé gearuwe tó, æt leóhte gehwám, lustum wacie, Ps. Th. 62, l. Mé lustum álýs, and mé lungre weorð, . . . georne þeccend, 70, 2. Hú ic ǽ þine lustum lufode, 118, 97. Lustume (lustum ?) voluntarie, Rtl. 28, 13. III. sensuous appetite or desire, considered as sinful or leading to sin :-- Se lust ðe hine geunrótsað, Past. 417, 8. Sió scyld de hiene ðurh sciénesse costað for his luste, 79, 22. Ðá ðe mid fǽrlice luste (cf. unryhtgewilnunge, 30) bióð oferswíðde qui repentina concupiscentia superantur, 429, 33. Þá þe æfter hiora líchoman luste irnaþ, Bt. 41, 3 ; F. 246, 24. Lusta libidinum, An. Ox. 1907. Líchamlicere geþeódnesse lustum carnalis copule volnptatibus, 1606. Sé þe líþ on his líchaman lustum, hé bið anlícost féttum swínum, Bt. 37, 4 ; F. 192, 25. Hé ofdrysce ðá lustas his unðeáwa, Past. 85, 12. Wé á sculon ídle lustas, synwunde forseón, Cri. 756. IV. sexual appetite or desire :-- Ðá ðe ofðryscai ðá styringe ðæs flǽsclican lustes, Past. 409, 2. Wrǽne on lust áslád (praeses) petulcus in luxum labescit, An. Ox. 4650. V. lust, passionate desire for something :-- Wæs se leódhete þrohtheard . . . þrymman sceócon módige maguþegnas morðres on luste, woldon on þám hysebeorþre heafolan gescénan, An. 1142. VI. of a thing, vigour, lustiness (?) :-- Úp gewát líg and þurh lust (by its violence ?) geslóh micle máre þonne gemet wǽre, Dan. 249. v. geoguþ-, unriht-, wamm-, weorold-, wyn-lust. lust

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