Lysting

lysting

lysting, f. 1) Begjæring; hann tamdi sítthörund frá öllum lystingum þessa heimslífs Post. 86732; lifa þau sem áðr ílystingum síns vilja Mar. 3046; vérlifðum - eptir sjalfra várra leik oklystingu líkamsins Stj. 14826, jvf Heilag.I, 5144; at höfnuðum ok fyrirlitnum lík-amligum lystingum Leif. 17414; freistninverðr ok görist - meðr áeggjan, meðrtilteygingar lystingu ok meðr samþyktviðr syndina Stj. 1462; brœðrnir höfðuekki mýkt lysting hans þarfleysu meðsending nökkurra lystiligra krása Mar.88233. 2) Lyst, Glæde, Velbehag (jvflystast); tekr hón nú - at kvikna okgleðjast af þessu öllu samt, svá semhón kendi nökkura lysting sínnar fyrriæfi Clar. 2267; bað guð, at hann sýndihonum eina hina minnstu lysting þá,sem í eru paradíso Æf. 432; hansbróðir - hét Jubal, er fann sönglistok hljóða grein, er eyrnanna lystingtil heyrir, at hirðanna starf skyldi þílystiligra þikkja Stj. 4521.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛚᛦᛋᛏᛁᚿᚵ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

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• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Icelandic - Geir Zoëga's Dictionary