Middle English Dictionary Entry
lust n.
Entry Info
Forms | lust n. Also luste, louste, lost(e & (early error) hlust. |
Etymology | OE lust |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Desire, wish, will; a desire, a wish; (b) after (at, to) ~, according to (one's) wish, at (one's) pleasure; ayenes ~, against (someone's) wishes; contrary to desire, unwillingly; (c) physical desire, bodily appetite; fleshes (fleshli, lichames) lust(es, lichamlich lustes, flesh ~, ~ of bodi, lust(es of flesh; (d) sexual desire, passion; fleshes (fleshli, lichamlich) lust(es, foul (lecherous) lustes, unclene (lichames) ~, ~ of bodi (horedom, lecheri, luxurie); (e) the will.
Associated quotations
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- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)124/16 : Forlæt þine yfele lustæs.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5726 : Griþþ i manness herrte Swa þatt illc an unnclene lusst..Beo trededd dun þurrh lufe off Godd.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)79 : Gif..þankes lust teð him to ani unþeau and he nele, ac þoleð..haueð his soule weald.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)31/20,22 : Þus eode sunne [read: sihðe] biuoren & makede wei to uuel lust..Þes eappel..bitacneð alle þe wa [read: þing] þet lust falleð to & delit of sunne.
- c1300 SLeg.Mich.(LdMisc 108)679 : Ho-so hath of þe watere mest, he schal beo..Of schorte wrathþe..and luyte luste swinke.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)253/13 : Þe oþer stape is þet me zette mesure ine þe loste and mid þe likinge of þe wille.
- (c1375) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3667 : Hise lustes were al lawe in his decree, For fortune as his freend hym wolde obeye.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.103 : If þere be in þaym so moche lost of lordschipe [L dominandi libido] þat eiþer dedeyne..for to be underneþe þe oþere, þan let þaym fiȝte allone.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.3996 : 'Nay,' quod this monk, 'I haue no lust to pleye.'
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)27554 : Pride es a lust [Frf: luste]..His aun stat þat man wald hei.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)15.51 : For such a luste [C: louste] and lykynge, lucifer fel fram heuene.
- (?c1410) Hoccl.Chancellor (Hnt HM 111)19 : O my lord gracious..Let see now cacche a lust and a talent Me to haue in your fauour & cheertee.
- (1414) RParl.4.60b : In abatyng and destroyinge the Kinges Maners and of hise edifications..that the Kyng..shulde nevere have lust ne wille to clayme that Maner aȝeyn into her owne handes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2399 : Eolus hath his lust obeied.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3992 : He hath..suffred..Bialacoil to have his wille, All his lustes to fulfille.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)189/35 : I hadde no lust to go to þo parties, because þat noman cometh..into þat yle..but ȝif he be deuoured anon.
- (1436) Proc.Privy C.4.311 : Robert of Ogle..forreid into Scottland and took such good þat it semed þat þer shuld haue be no more luste of triewes.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)7a : Hir lymes mowe cacche strenþes and stalworþnesse, and here hertis and willes lust and lykyng to trauayle.
- c1455 Spec.Miser.(Tak 32)340 : His herte..opyn..is To schewe thee loue; To thee hee wolde nowt doon all this Yif his lust were thy sowle to scheende.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)175/297 : We are comen at youre call ffor to do what we shall youre lust to fullfyll.
- a1500 Conq.Irel.(Rwl B.490)151/18 : Maystyr Geraud ham and har gestis lewyth to othyr that ham write wille, and luste haw therto.
b
- (1397) RParl.3.379a : As of any newe thyng or ordenaunce that ever I shuld have wyten..that schuld have bene aȝeyns my Loordys estate, or his luste..I never knew of gaderyng aȝeyns hym, ne none other that longeth unto hym.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1699 : Oure siȝt..May nat be-holde..Nor to oure lust fully comprehende How Appollo is in his chare schynende As we wer wont..to se.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4581 : I desire at my lust som day Here in þe felde ȝif I þe mete may.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.4626 : Grekis þouȝt..Þat þei of Troye stoden at her lust, Holdynge hem silfe verray victours.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)175a/a : Þe firste is vnguentum viride..þe whiche a man maie make stronger oþer weiker at his owne luste.
- (1426) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.4249 : But if þe seide Anne by any mysauenture, aȝenist þe lust of ye seide lorde in þe meen tyme, be taken oute of his possession.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3335 : He hent hir by the hond..And a littyll agayne lust lifte hir vp swithe.
- c1450 Treat.Fish.(Yale 171)145/22 : Ȝe may haue þe ful crafte of angelyng to sport ȝow with at ȝowr luste.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)683/9 : That they myght gadre the frutis, rentis, prouentis..and dispose of them after ther owne lust and wille.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)268 : Whan he was all tobrosed..at her lust, saf thei haue hym not slain, than thei rode after her felowes.
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- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)96/18 : Na þurh ȝifernesse, ne ðurh druncennesse, ne ðurh lichamlice lustæs.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)11619 : Þa wære he þurrh þe lusst off bræd I gluterrnesse fallenn.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)17831 : Hemm wass lef..To follȝhenn þeȝȝre flæshess lust Inn alle kinne sinne.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)13 : Emliche drinke, naht for te quenchen his luðere wil ne his lust, þe miswune haueð on broht, ac for to beten his þur[s]tes nede.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)29 : On is þe selue lust, oðer is iuel lehtres, Ðe þridde flesliche lustes; and þese two, þe ben leihter and lust, uulsteð þe þridde þat is þe flesliche lust.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)79 : Gif lichames lust..teð him to ani unþeau.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)135/23 : Ðanne ðe cumð a michel lust after ane þinge, ne teiþe þu him naht anoan.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)2/9 : Ouercomen..þreo cunne uan, þe ueont, & teos wake worlt, ant hare licomes lustes.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)20/174 : Ȝef he schute towart me..wið este of flesches lustes, of þulliche nesche wepnen ich mahte carien summes weis.
- c1225 SWard (Roy 17.A.27)40/391 : Þvs ah mon..leaden him..nawt efter wil þe untohe lefdi & his lust leareð, ah efter þet wit wule þet is husebonde.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)122/21 : Heo is þe swa deð wið godd on his rode; þah hire þurste i þe lust [Nero: luste].
- a1250 Orison Lord (Lamb 487)189 : Þi deaþ adeadi in me flehces licunge and licomliche lustes.
- a1350 Middelerd for mon (Hrl 2253)70 : In lustes þah we lyggen lowe, we shule aryse vr fader byfore.
- a1350 Nou skrynkeþ (Hrl 2253)7 : Whose wol fleysh lust forgon..on Iesu be is þoht.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)55/24 : Þise zenne of þan þet..wasteþ uor to uelle hare glotonye..ine þan þet hi hit vseþ ine to grat hete and ine to grat lost.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)92/503 : To compas upon what wise We may gete deliciouse metes and drynkes, For to fill the likyngs and lustes of the flesh [L pro gulae deliciis excitandis].
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1318 : A beest may al his lust fulfille.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.1241 : A beste, Which goth upon his lustes wilde.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)17227 : Me spedis ai me-self to spill Wit mi flexsli lust [Göt: fless lust] to fill.
- a1400 Cursor (Frf 14)26819 : Mai na man..serue..lordis twin, þat is..god for to wynne & luste of bodi.
- a1425(a1400) PConsc.(Glb E.9 & Hrl 4196)1135 : Yhernyng of flesshe es a thyng Þat falles til lust and flesshe lykyng; Yhernyng of eghe..Falles to worldes rychese.
- a1425 Vrn.Index (Vrn)250 : What remedie a man schal vse aȝeyn lust in etynge and drynkynge.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)283 : Þe lustis taking of þe outward and inward sensual wittis derken oure resoun.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Grail (Corp-C 80)27.95 : A ful wery..Manne that a passing lust hadde forto Slepe.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)55/11,12 : Þe cure of þi fleisch do þou noȝt..he..echiþ þerto in lust & ȝernyng, ffor to do vs vndirstonde þat it is forboden vs in luste & in outrage.
- c1450 Apoc.(1) in LuSE (StJ-C G.25)p.20 : Lust [Hrl 874: By Iezabel ben bitokned þe maistres heretikes þat lyuen aftere þe wille of her flessch].
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)95/3 : Certeyn bretheren..were wery of her order..turnyng all her goostly conuersacion to lust of etyng and drynkyng and leccherye.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)253/27 : The wedir was hote aboute noone, and sir Launcelot had grete luste to slepe.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)12289 : Thys..whel..doth sygnefye Lust off the body..Wych clerkys calle..Sensualyte.
- a1475 Friar & B.(Brog 2.1)p.48 : Hys dyner forth he drowe; Whan he sawe that yt was bade, Lyttyll lust therto he hade.
- ?a1475(a1396) *Hilton SP (Hrl 6579)1.30.18b : He schulde..loþe alle þe lustes and likynges of his flesch.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)prol.82 : Þe story is of non estate þat stryuen with her lustus, But þo þat folwyn her flessh and here frelle þouȝtis.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)2.9 : Thou sall distroye in thaim thurgh penaunce..ald synne and layry lustes.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)1277 : Sensualyte shall nat performe your lust Lyke as he hath do.
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- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.MQuad.(Hrl 6258B)8/23 : Nim heortes sceallen, driȝ, wyrc to duste, do his dæl on wines drinc; þat awecceð wif-ȝemanon lust.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1193 : Galnessess fule stinnch & hire fule lusstess.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4638 : All þe lusst off horedom Itt drifeþþ fra þin herrte.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19183 : Þatt hallȝhe flocc þatt borenn iss Off Godd..& nohht off blod, noff flæshess lusst.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)21 : Ich bileue on þe helende crist, þe..seinte marie on hire innoðe understod of þe holie gost, noht of mannes strene ne on lichamliche luste.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)31 : Lerdemen segen þat hit be muchel sunne þat man his licames lust drige, ofte þeih hie bispused ben and don hit for strene.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)4/16 : Þe ȝederunge inwið þe of fleschliche þonkes..leaðieð þe..to licomliche lustes ant eggið þe to brudlac.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)14/198 : Euch fleschlich wil & lust of leccherie þe ariseð i þe heorte is þes feondes fla.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)22/346 : Nu þu art iweddet..Sei nu..for hwuch þing meast? Is hit al..forte keli þi lust wið fulðe of þi licome?
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)164/10 : Þus ich sohte delit, hu ich meast mahte paien mi lustes brune.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)507 : Wane þi lust is ago, Þanne is þi song ago also.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)1388 : Wummon is of nesche flesche An flesches lustes is strong to cwesse.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)46/22 : Lecherie..is to moche loue..ine lost of lenden oþer in ulesslich lost.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.925 : O foule lust of luxurie, lo thyn ende!
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mcp.(Manly-Rickert)H.239 : Phebus wyf hadde sent for hire lemman; Anon they wroghten al hire lust volage.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.443 : For so wys man was nevere non..That he with lust nys ofte nome, Thurgh strengthe of love and overcome.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)9109 : He moght thol on his licam, Quarof he forwit folud þe lust.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)26254 : O man þat menges him wit best For his flexs lust to ful-fill, He sal be sent þe biscop till.
- c1400 *Bk.Mother (Bod 416)67/27 : A man wiþ drede of þe, not wiþ fleschli lustus, I consentede to take.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.4361 : He schulde rather..haue weddid hir..Þan of fals lust..Vsed hir bewte..Dishonestly.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.1573 : Love ne drof yow naught to don this dede, But lust voluptuous and coward drede.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)1 Thes.4.5 : That ech of ȝou kunne welde his vessel in holynesse..not in passioun of lust [WB(1): desyr; L desiderii] as hethene men that knowen not God.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)16/30 : For the grete lust þat he had to hire, he wente in the nyght vnto hire tombe..& lay be hire.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)285/17 : A ful wombe maketh no chast soule, but wantownly þei goon wiþ mysrulid lustis.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)4/96 : Nou a lade wyl take a page Fore no loue bot fore fl[e]schely lust.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)12/15 : Þis creatur cownseld hir husbond to levyn chast..þat þei schuld..chastysyn hem-self wylfully be absteynyng fro her lust of her bodys.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.2186 : O lode-sterre off al good gouernaunce, All vicious lustis be wisdam to represse..Diane demened so chastli thi clennesse.
- c1440(a1349) Rolle Bee (Thrn)55/18 : Thay hafe othyre vertus unblendyde with þe fylthe of syn and unclene luste.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1563 : Þow demest lust and loue conuertible.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)140/9 : Ȝef þe jous of þis herbe drownkyn, it distroyȝeth þe grete lust [vr. appetit] of lecherye.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4328 : To na licherous lustes leeue ve oure membris.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)48/25 : To paie þe dede of wery and perilose luste of his feere, whanne she or he askiþ þe fleischli dede to be doon for drede of her falle into avoutrie.
- a1475 *Sidrak & B.(Lnsd 793)4199 : Who so loueþ oþer wel..It is more lust þan resoun.
- a1500 St.Anne(3) (Tan 407)138 : They may gete noon chyld with flexly lust only.
- c1500 Looke well (Trin-C R.3.19)2 : Ye that louers be, lat nat youre lustes leede yow to dotage.
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- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)29 : Ðre þing beð þat mankin heuieð: On is þe selue lust.
2.
(a) The feeling of pleasure, enjoyment, delight; taken ~, to have pleasure; (b) physical pleasure, delectation; bodili (lichames) lustes, fleshli ~, ~ of the flesh; (c) sexual gratification; ~ of bodi (flesh); taken ~; (d) ~ bed, bed of pleasures; fig. state of sin.
Associated quotations
a
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)31/17 : Eue..seh hine [the apple] feier..& toc hire lust þer toward.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)82/24 : Zuych uolk ne moȝe yleue þet þer by more blisse and lost ine god to serui..þanne to done þe wyl of hare loste.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.192 : Of prikyng and of huntyng for the hare, Was al his lust.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.19 : I wolde..wryte a bok..Somwhat of lust, somewhat of lore.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Fkl.(Manly-Rickert)F.812 : To seke in armes worship and honour..al his lust he sette in swich labour.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)24751 : Þat giues me lust of hir to rede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.1164 : It was..vn-to hem of Troy A verray lust and an heuenly Ioye To sen how he Grekis brak asondre.
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Eccl.2.10 : Nether Y refreynede myn herte, that ne it vside al lust [WB(1): voluptuouste; L voluptate].
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)209/24 : He myghte not seye no thing of newe, in the whiche the hereres myghten hauen..lust or lykyng in the herynge.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)290/28 : Þou..biest grete hors moore for lust þan for nede.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)317 : Luste: Voluptas.
- a1450(?a1349) ?Rolle Luf es lyf (Cmb Dd.5.64)16 : Luf ravysches Cryste intyl owr hert; I wate na lust it lyke.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.131 : Epicurus..devised..Þat lust [L uoluptatem] schulde be þe souereygne good of kynde.
- a1456 Hit is no right (Add 16165)p.38 : Hit is no right alle oþer lustes to leese Þis moneþe of May for missyng of on cas.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.175 : Ȝit blame I no burne to be..In comliche cloþinge..But to ledyn her lust all here lyff-daies In quentise of cloþinge..it dullith my wittes.
- c1490(?a1449) ?Lydg.De SMCP (Chet 6709)60 : Ageyn the lustis of Ane Appyll small, Cryste on the Crosse dranke þEysell & gall.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)15.5 : Warldis men drynkis the venomouse lustis and the drubly delitis of lychery and couaitys.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)409 : A man..leuyd in many synnes..namely in sweryng..his confessoure..bade that he shuld leue it..he answerid..'I wil take my luste while I may.'
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- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)137/24 : Hie nan oðer blisse ne habbeð..buten of ates and of drenches and of here likames hlustes.
- a1250 Mon may longe (Mdst A.13)19 : Man, let sinne and lustes stench [vr. lust and senne stench].
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)91/28 : Al þe lost of þise wordle þet habbeþ þe vif wyttes ne byeþ bote a drope of deau to þe ziȝþe..of þe greate ze huerof alle þise guodes comeþ.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)2 Par.16.14 : Þei puttyn hym vp on his bed ful of swoote spices & strumpetis oynementis..& þei brendyn vp on hym in a ful myche moeuyng to lust [WB(2): with ful greet cost; L ambitione nimia].
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1350 : Þus in pryde..his empyre he haldes, In lust and in lecherye and loþelych werkkes.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)6b : Þey mowe wel suffre hete of þe sonne..noȝt vsed to styves ne baþes, vnkunnyng of bodilych lustes [L deliciarum].
- a1450 LDirige(1) (Dgb 102)16 : Þou purchasest þy saule helle prisoun, For fleschely lust, wormes fest.
- a1450 PNoster R.Hermit (Westm-S 3)54/27 : Forþi schal suche hardeschipis be reulid wiþ mesure & wiþ skil, þat þe foule lust of þe fleisch be fordon.
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- a1150 Rwl.G.57 Gloss.(Rwl G.57)27 : Uoluptas, i. dilectio carnalis: lust.
- (1357) Gaytr.LFCatech.(Yk-Borth R.I.11)94/544 : Lecheri, That is, a foule likyng or lust of the flesch.
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.18.12 : After þat I am becommen old & my lord is an old man, schall I ȝifen bisynesse to lust [L voluptati operam dabo]?
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.845 : Who so seeth a womman to coueitise of his lust, he hath doon lecherie with hire in his herte.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.1109 : This knyht..thoghte of hire his lust to take.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)5.6133 : He to love untrewe was..And tok his lust under the schawe Ayein love and ayein his lawe.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.927 : Somme seyden wommen louen best richesse..somme seyden lust abedde.
- c1400(?a1300) KAlex.(LdMisc 622)7048 : Naked hij gon..Ne for þair nakedhede ashamed; Wiþouten lust of synne hij streneþ.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)2.65 : Glotonye & grete oþes I gyue hem, togidere Wiþ alle þe delites of lust [vr. lustes], þe deuil for to serue.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)14/29 : He wold ly be hir & haue hys lust of hys body.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)179/33 : Þei vsyd her lust & her likyng as þei dedyn be-forn her vow makyng.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)1590-2 : Leefful luste is necessarie; Withouten þat may be non engendrure; But vse luste for luste only, contrarie To goddes hestes is.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)982 : He bowes to hir bed..And lay þere in lustes þe long night ouer.
- a1500(?c1450) Merlin (Cmb Ff.3.11)7 : Ye shall abandon yow to alle men..and thus shall ye haue all youre luste of youre body.
- a1450 Diseases Women(2) (Sln 2463:Singer)38 : Uncurteys men þat love women but for her lusts and for her foule lyking.
d
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)77 : Þe heuenliche leche seinte poul..weche us of ure heuie slape and rere us of ure fule lust bedde.
3.
(a) The object of a desire, what is wished for; (b) something causing pleasure, pleasurable or delightful objects or actions, comforts, attractions; (c) a woman's attractions, charms; (d) one who gives pleasure, an agent of consolation, a beloved person.
Associated quotations
a
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)72/19 : Þer hy habbeþ hyre bleuinge..hire blisse, and hire confort, and alle hire lostes.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.660 : If I hadde prescience Youre wyl to knowe er ye youre lust me tolde, I wolde it doon.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.968 : I am glad..To doon youre lust.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.2026 : [Fortune] wil nat..onys condiscende Vn-to his wil, nor his lust hym sende.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.998 : To this nyght Have I naught fayned, but..Don al thi lust.
- ?a1425(a1400) Brut-1377 (Corp-C 174)328/18 : Þe Duke of Brytayne..went ouere see..wher he had al his lust, desire, & purpos.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Luke 8.14 : Thes that herden, and of bysinessis and richessis and lustis [vr. voluptees; L voluptatibus] of lyf, thei goynge ben stranglid.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.2517 : And thus thei casten care aweie And token lustes upon honde.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1318 : With alle lustes that sche knew, Thei were enbrouded overal.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)213 : This es it to luffe paramoures, and lustis and litys.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)7a : Þan is it nedful to occupie hem in feld werkes to holde hem fer fro her lustes and likynges [L inlecebris] of citees and tounes.
- a1450(1408) *Vegetius(1) (Dc 291)7b : For þan in citees and tounes were none lustes ne delices [L deliciis].
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)581 : My lyf, my lustes, be me loothe, For al welfare and I be wroothe.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3561 : Of delites full dere þat dight were at home, Lest hir lackit suche lustis in a londe straunge..he made..mournyng ynoghe.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)76a : Luste: illecebra.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)35.9 : Of the strand of thi lust [L torrente voluptatis tue], thou sall gif thaim drynke.
- c1600(?c1395) PPl.Creed (Trin-C R.3.15)700 : Þat lijf is here lust, & þereyn þei libben.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.778 : This wif, which in hire lustes grene Was fair and freissh and tendre of age, Sche may noght lette the corage Of him that wole on hire assote.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1679 : So that ye vse as skile is and resoun The lustes of youre wyf attemprely.
d
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)1.133 : O Venus, queene of loves cure, Thou lif, thou lust, thou mannes hele!
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4120 : Hir owne knyȝt, hir lust, hir liues Ioye.
- c1450(c1370) Chaucer ABC (Benson-Robinson)106 : O verrey lust of labour and distresse..Thee whom God ches to mooder for humblesse!
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)258 : Shee Made of hym..Hyr lyf, hir love, hir lust, hir lord.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.65 : And ye, fresche May..Now welcum be ye, flour of monethis all..Oure lyf, oure lust, oure governoure, oure quene.
4.
(a) Vigor, energy, life; fertility; (b) inclination, disposition; (c) happiness, good will, good pleasure; (d) love; (e) interest; attention.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.316 : Godd Allmahhtiȝ ȝife uss mahht & lusst & witt & wille To follȝhenn þiss Ennglisshe boc.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)5926 : Þatt mann þatt doþ God werrc wiþþ innwarrd herrte Wiþþ mikell lusst, wiþþ all hiss mahht, Wiþþ all hiss fulle wille.
- a1300 A Mayde Cristes (Jes-O 29)93 : He is feyr & bryht on heowe, of glede chere, of mode mylde, of lufsum lost, of truste treowe.
- (a1333) Herebert Þe kynges baneres (Add 46919)22 : Ha, croyz! myn hope, onliche my trust, Þe nouþe ich grete wyth al my lust.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.921 : Þe briddis in þe wode synge With lust supprised of þe somer sonne.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)715 : Til it so be..That lust of ȝouthe wasted be and spent, Than in his hond he taketh a potent.
- a1475 Hrl.Bk.Hawking in Studia Neoph.16 (Hrl 2340)13 : For hawke that hath lost his Corage and luste.
- a1500 Henley Husb.(Sln 686)48 : Erye too pertis off londe lyke in luste & lyke in soyle, & sowe hym all at onys.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)ded.241 : To gifenn hemm god lusst, god mahht, To þolenn alle wawenn, All forr þe lufe off Godd.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Juliana (Bod 34)39/406 : We..makieð ham forte leose lust forte bidde ȝeorne þet godd bineome ham þe wil.
- a1425 Cloud (Roy 17.C.26)16/19 : Lust [Hrl: Lette not þerfore, bot trauayle þer-in tyl þou fele lyst].
- a1500 Cloud (Roy 17.D.5)87/7 : Luste [Hrl: wirche more wiþ a list þen wiþ any liþer strengþe].
c
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1250 : Farewel my lyf, my lust, and my gladnesse.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.2910 : My lord..Lat non offence ben vn-to ȝour lust, Nor ȝou displese, þouȝ I sey my conceyt.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)1588 : To desyren..To don with gentil women his delyt, This is his lust and his felicite.
- (a1470) Malory Wks.(Win-C)810/9 : For youre sakys I shall fyrste lose my lykynge and luste.
d
- ?a1425 Const.Masonry(1) (Roy 17.A.1)506 : They were werkemen of the beste; The emperour hade to hem gret luste.
- a1450(?1348) Rolle FLiving (Cmb Dd.5.64)94/29 : Wondurfulli Jhesu wirkes in hys lovers, þe whilk he reves fra þe lust of flesch and of blode thorow tender lufe.
e
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.402 : The knotte why that euery tale is told, If it be taried til that lust be cold..The sauour passeth.
- 1448 *Glo.Chron.C (Arms 58:Kooper)f.125r : Alfrid .. went into Irland .. to be seker .., So that in his ydelnesse þere he yaf his lust to scole, þourgh which he wax a grete philosoffre.