lyster

From Dutch lijster.

lyster (plural lysters)

1. thrush

From Old Norse ljóstr, from ljósta (“to strike”).

• IPA^(key): /lystər/, [ˈlysd̥ɐ]

lyster c (singular definite lysteren, plural indefinite lystre)

1. gig, leister; eel spear

• ålespyd

See lyst (“desire, lust”).

• IPA^(key): /løstər/, [ˈløsd̥ɐ]

lyster c

1. indefinite plural of lyst

See lyste (“to desire, feel like”).

• IPA^(key): /løstər/, [ˈløsd̥ɐ]

lyster

1. present of lyste

• “lyster” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse ljóstr.

lyster f or m (definite singular lystra or lysteren, indefinite plural lystre or lystrer, definite plural lystrene)

1. gig, leister; eel spear

lyster m or f

1. indefinite plural of lyst

lyster

1. present of lyste

• ljoster (non-standard since 1938)

From Old Norse ljóstr m. Akin to English leister.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʏs.tər/

lyster f (definite singular lystra, indefinite plural lystrer, definite plural lystrene)

1. (fishing) a leister, a kind of fishing spear

• lystra

• “lyster” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From French lustre (“shine, gloss”).

lyster c

1. lustre, glitter, polish, shine

Present of obsolete lysta, from Old Norse lysta, Proto-Germanic *lustijaną. Related to lust.

lyster

1. (present tense only) have lust to, want to

• “lyster”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎ (in Swedish), 1937

• sylter