eldertongue

Old English · adjective

lustbære

Normalised lustbǣre

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈlustˌbæː.re/
Syllables
ˈlust · ˌbæː · re (3 syllables)
Modern English
desirous

Meaning

  1. desirous, desirable, pleasant, agreeable

    c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, "Genesis;" reprinted and normalized in Bruce Mitchell, Fred C. Robinson, A Guide to Old English, Fifth Edition, Oxford.: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1992, reprinted in 1999, Part II, Section 2, page 174, lines 11-13

    Then saw the woman that the tree was good to eat, as she thought, and beautiful to the eyes and desirable in sight;

Declension

All forms (11)

Etymology

From lust + -bǣre.

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