- lystan
- \lystan1 impersonal wv/t1b w.a. person, w.g. thing or infin. to please, cause pleasure or desire, provoke longing; gelysted desirous of
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List — List, v. i. [OE. listen, lusten, AS. lystan, from lust pleasure. See {Lust}.] 1. To desire or choose; to please. [1913 Webster] The wind bloweth where it listeth. John iii. 8. [1913 Webster] Them that add to the Word of God what them listeth.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lust — Lust, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lusted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lusting}.] [AS. lystan. See {Lust}, n., and cf. List to choose.] 1. To list; to like. [Obs.] Chaucer. Do so if thou lust. Latimer. [1913 Webster] Note: In earlier usage lust was impersonal.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lusted — Lust Lust, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lusted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lusting}.] [AS. lystan. See {Lust}, n., and cf. List to choose.] 1. To list; to like. [Obs.] Chaucer. Do so if thou lust. Latimer. [1913 Webster] Note: In earlier usage lust was impersonal … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lusting — Lust Lust, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lusted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lusting}.] [AS. lystan. See {Lust}, n., and cf. List to choose.] 1. To list; to like. [Obs.] Chaucer. Do so if thou lust. Latimer. [1913 Webster] Note: In earlier usage lust was impersonal … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
list — I. verb Etymology: Middle English lysten, from Old English lystan; akin to Old English lust desire, lust Date: before 12th century transitive verb archaic please, suit intransitive verb archaic wish, choose … New Collegiate Dictionary
Lüsten — Lüsten, verb. reg. neutr. mit dem Hülfsworte haben, Lust, d.i. sinnliches Verlangen, nach etwas empfinden, und in weiterer Bedeutung, Neigung, Belieben zu etwas tragen; als ein unpersönliches Zeitwort und mit der vierten Endung der Person. Er hat … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
las- — To be eager, wanton, or unruly. 1. a. lust, from Old English lust, lust; b. wanderlust, from Old High German lust, desire; c. list5, from Old English lystan, to p … Universalium
list — list1 /list/, n. 1. a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record: a list of members. 2. See list price. 3. Computers. a series of records in a file. 4. a complete… … Universalium
listan — see lystan … Old to modern English dictionary
listless — list|less [ˈlıstləs] adj [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: list pleasure, desire (13 19 centuries) (from Old English lystan to please, wish ) + less] feeling tired and not interested in things ▪ The heat was making me listless. >listlessly adv… … Dictionary of contemporary English
