Lystan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - lystan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

lystan
p. te To desire. I. with gen. :-- Þonne seó sáwl þyrsteð and lysteð Godes ríces Deum sitiens anima, Gr. D. 244, 27. II. with infin. :-- Manige men hine geornlíce lystan geseón multi hunc anxie videre sitiebant, Gr. D. 45, 22. [N. E. D. lust; 2. Cf. Goth. lustón to desire : O. H. Ger. lustón.] lystan
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