lustbære
Old English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlustˌbæː.re/
Adjective
lustbǣre
- 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:
- Þā ġeseah þæt wīf þæt þæt trēow wæs gōd tō etanne, be þām þe hire þūhte, and wlitiġ on ēagum and lustbǣre on ġesihðe;
- Then saw the woman that the tree was good to eat, as she thought, and beautiful to the eyes and desirable in sight;
- 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:
Declension
Declension of lustbǣre — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lustbǣre | lustbǣru, lustbǣro | lustbǣre |
| Accusative | lustbǣrne | lustbǣre | lustbǣre |
| Genitive | lustbǣres | lustbǣrre | lustbǣres |
| Dative | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrre | lustbǣrum |
| Instrumental | lustbǣre | lustbǣrre | lustbǣre |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | lustbǣre | lustbǣra, lustbǣre | lustbǣru, lustbǣro |
| Accusative | lustbǣre | lustbǣra, lustbǣre | lustbǣru, lustbǣro |
| Genitive | lustbǣrra | lustbǣrra | lustbǣrra |
| Dative | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum |
| Instrumental | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum |
Declension of lustbǣre — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lustbǣra | lustbǣre | lustbǣre |
| Accusative | lustbǣran | lustbǣran | lustbǣre |
| Genitive | lustbǣran | lustbǣran | lustbǣran |
| Dative | lustbǣran | lustbǣran | lustbǣran |
| Instrumental | lustbǣran | lustbǣran | lustbǣran |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | lustbǣran | lustbǣran | lustbǣran |
| Accusative | lustbǣran | lustbǣran | lustbǣran |
| Genitive | lustbǣrra, lustbǣrena | lustbǣrra, lustbǣrena | lustbǣrra, lustbǣrena |
| Dative | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum |
| Instrumental | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum | lustbǣrum |
Derived terms
- lustbǣrlīċ
- lustbǣrlīċe
- lustbǣrnes
References
Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lust-bǽre”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.