"lustyhede" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlustiːhɛːd/ Forms: lustihed [alternative], lustiheed [alternative], lustihede [alternative]
Etymology: lusty + -hede. Compare Dutch lustigheid, Middle Low German lusticheit, German Lustigkeit, Danish lustighed, Swedish lustighet. Etymology templates: {{af|enm|lusty|-hede}} lusty + -hede, {{cog|nl|lustigheid}} Dutch lustigheid, {{cog|gml|lusticheit}} Middle Low German lusticheit, {{cog|de|Lustigkeit}} German Lustigkeit, {{cog|da|lustighed}} Danish lustighed, {{cog|sv|lustighet}} Swedish lustighet Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} lustyhede, {{enm-noun|-}} lustyhede (uncountable)
  1. enjoyment of life, joyfulness, gaiety, cheer Tags: uncountable
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      "word": "lustihead"
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      "expansion": "Middle Low German lusticheit",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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      },
      "expansion": "Danish lustighed",
      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "lustighet"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish lustighet",
      "name": "cog"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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        {
          "english": "Lack of sleep and sorrow / Have killed the liveliness in my spirit / So that I have lost all enjoyment of life.",
          "ref": "c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 130r",
          "text": "Defaulte of slepe and hevynesse / Hath [slayne] my spirite of quyknesse / That I haue loste al lustyhede",
          "translation": "Lack of sleep and sorrow / Have killed the liveliness in my spirit / So that I have lost all enjoyment of life.",
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          "gaiety",
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          "cheer",
          "cheer"
        ]
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      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlustiːhɛːd/"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch lustigheid",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "lusticheit"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German lusticheit",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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      },
      "expansion": "German Lustigkeit",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
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      },
      "expansion": "Danish lustighed",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "lustighet"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish lustighet",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "lustihed",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lustiheed",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lustihede",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      },
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        {
          "english": "Lack of sleep and sorrow / Have killed the liveliness in my spirit / So that I have lost all enjoyment of life.",
          "ref": "c. 1368, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, as recorded c. 1440–1450 in Bodleian Library MS. Fairfax 16, folio 130r",
          "text": "Defaulte of slepe and hevynesse / Hath [slayne] my spirite of quyknesse / That I haue loste al lustyhede",
          "translation": "Lack of sleep and sorrow / Have killed the liveliness in my spirit / So that I have lost all enjoyment of life.",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "life",
          "life"
        ],
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          "joyfulness"
        ],
        [
          "gaiety",
          "gaiety"
        ],
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          "cheer",
          "cheer"
        ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlustiːhɛːd/"
    }
  ],
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}

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