lystan

Etymology
From, from , derived from the noun.

Verb

 * 1) to like or want (, with  of person) (+  of object)
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"

- Iċ onġiete þæt iċ þē hæbbe āþrotenne mid þȳ langan spelle, for þon þē lyst nū lēoða.


 * 1) to desire
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
 * "ang"

- Hū be mete? hū swīðe lyst þē þæs?


 * 1) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
 * "ang"

- Ne lyst mē nāwiht ðāra metta þe ic forhātan habbe, ac mē lyst ðāra þe ic getiohhod habbe tō ætanne, ðonne ic hī gesēo.


 * 1) to please
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
 * "ang"

- Gyf þonne ǣfre gebyreð þæt þū þē ful hālne and ful trumne ongytst, and hæafst æalle þīne frēond myd þē, ǣġðer ge on mōde ge on līchaman, and on ðām ilcan worce and on ðām ylcan willum ðe ðē best lyst dōn, hweðer þū ðonne wille bēon āwiht blīðe?

Usage notes

 * Used with the bare infinitive of a following verb: Hine lyst rǣdan  ("He likes to read ").