Old English · adjective
lustbære
Normalised lustbǣre
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈlustˌbæː.re/
- Syllables
- ˈlust · ˌbæː · re (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- desirous
Meaning
-
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
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | lustbǣre | lustbǣrulustbǣro | lustbǣre |
| Accusative | lustbǣrne | lustbǣre | lustbǣre |
| Genitive | lustbǣres | lustbǣrre | lustbǣres |
| Dative | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrre | lustbǣrum |
| Instrumental | lustbǣre | lustbǣrre | lustbǣre |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | lustbǣre | lustbǣralustbǣre | lustbǣrulustbǣro |
| Accusative | lustbǣre | lustbǣralustbǣre | lustbǣrulustbǣro |
| Genitive | lustbǣrra | lustbǣrra | lustbǣrra |
| Dative | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum |
| Instrumental | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | lustbǣra | lustbǣre | lustbǣre |
| Accusative | lustbǣran | lustbǣran | lustbǣre |
| Genitive | lustbǣran | lustbǣran | lustbǣran |
| Dative | lustbǣran | lustbǣran | lustbǣran |
| Instrumental | lustbǣran | lustbǣran | lustbǣran |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | lustbǣran | lustbǣran | lustbǣran |
| Accusative | lustbǣran | lustbǣran | lustbǣran |
| Genitive | lustbǣrralustbǣrena | lustbǣrralustbǣrena | lustbǣrralustbǣrena |
| Dative | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum |
| Instrumental | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum |
All forms (11)
Etymology
From lust + -bǣre.
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