"lystan" meaning in All languages combined

See lystan on Wiktionary

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈlys.tɑn/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *lustijan, from Proto-Germanic *lustijaną, derived from the noun *lustuz (“pleasure, lust”) (Old English lust). Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*lustijan}} Proto-West Germanic *lustijan, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*lustijaną}} Proto-Germanic *lustijaną, {{m|gem-pro|*lustuz||pleasure, lust}} *lustuz (“pleasure, lust”), {{m|ang|lust}} lust Head templates: {{ang-verb}} lystan Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|lystan<w1/pres23:lyst>}} Forms: weak [table-tags], lystan [infinitive], lystenne [infinitive], lyste [first-person, present, singular], lyste [first-person, past, singular], lyst [present, second-person, singular], lystest [past, second-person, singular], lyst [present, singular, third-person], lyste [past, singular, third-person], lystaþ [plural, present], lyston [past, plural], lyste [present, singular], lyste [past, singular], lysten [plural, present], lysten [past, plural], lyst [imperative, past, present, singular], lystaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], lystende [imperative, present], lysted [imperative, past], ġelysted [imperative, past]
  1. to like or want (impersonal, with accusative of person) (+ genitive of object)
    Sense id: en-lystan-ang-verb-CtbemXAC Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 54 30 16
  2. to desire
    Sense id: en-lystan-ang-verb-gDFsKgcV
  3. to please
    Sense id: en-lystan-ang-verb-VCJemZbR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ġelystan

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          "english": "I see I've bored you with that long argument, since you want poems now.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nIċ onġiete þæt iċ þē hæbbe āþrotenne mid þȳ langan spelle, for þon þē lyst nū lēoða.",
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          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nGyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?",
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          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nNe lyst mē nāwiht ðāra metta þe ic forhātan habbe, ac mē lyst ðāra þe ic getiohhod habbe tō ætanne, ðonne ic hī gesēo.",
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          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies\nGyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?",
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}

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