Modern English → Old English
Old English word for lust
7 headwords match “lust”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; lust ranks first.
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lust — desire, pleasure, appetite, lust
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular lust genitive singular lustes dative singular luste accusative singular lust nominative plural lustas genitive plural lusta -
lust — lust, lustfulness, wantonness
- opens the headword's definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular gālnes genitive singular gālnesse dative singular gālnesse accusative singular gālnesse -
lust — to wish, desire
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative lustiġe first-person singular past indicative lustode second-person singular present indicative lustast second-person singular past indicative lustodest third-person singular present indicative lustaþ third-person singular past indicative lustode -
lust — sinful lust, luxury, extravagance
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular firenlust genitive singular firenlustes dative singular firenluste accusative singular firenlust nominative plural firenlustas genitive plural firenlusta -
lust — to take pleasure (in)
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġelustiġe first-person singular past indicative ġelustode second-person singular present indicative ġelustast second-person singular past indicative ġelustodest third-person singular present indicative ġelustaþ third-person singular past indicative ġelustode -
lust — absence of desire; disgust, disinclination, listlessness
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular unlust genitive singular unlustes dative singular unluste accusative singular unlust nominative plural unlustas genitive plural unlusta -
lust — with joy or pleasure, joyfully, gladly, with lust
- appears in the definition
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “lust” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “lust”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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