Lysta
Old Norse Dictionary - lysta
Meaning of Old Norse word "lysta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lysta can mean:lysta
- lysta
- t, [losti], to list, desire: impers., e-n lystir, ‘me lists,’ one wishes; sem augun (acc.) lystir at sjá, Str. 45; lifði hverr sem lysti, Bs. i. 501; drekka sem lysti, Fms. ii. 135; hann (acc.) lysti at sjá Ísland, Fs. 104; laut und línu, lysti at kyssa, Þkv. 27; e-n lystir til e-s, Barl. 23, Stj. 59; lysta í e-t, id., Fb. ii. 171.
- lysta
- II. reflex. to be filled with delight, Barl. 29.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᛋᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- impers.
- impersonal.
- l.
- line.
- pers.
- person.
- v.
- vide.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)
- Þkv.
- Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)