Old English · noun
lust
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /lust/
- Syllables
- lust (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- lustappetitepleasuredesire
Meaning
-
desire, pleasure, appetite, lust
Him wæs metes micel lust ― he had a craving for food. (Ælfric's Homilies)
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
Descendants
lust
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