Then quod the fyre: yf any of you lyst to seke me, ye shall euer be sure to fynd me in a flynt stone er elles in a womans harte.
The wather sayde: yf yelyst to seke me, ye shall be sure to haue me under a toft of grene rushes or elles in a womans eye.
The wynde sayde: yf ye lystto speke wyth me, ye shall be sure to haue me among aspyn leuys or els in a womans tong.
Thynk quhou that fa is waik and impotent, May venquys nane bot thame lyst be ourcum; He sal the nevir ourset, but thy consent.
Na thyng I paus on the empyre, quod sche, Allthocht we hoip had at sic thing suld be, 20 Quhen fortoun schew tharof sum apperans: Lat thame be victour quham thou lyst avans.
A brutale appetyte makis ȝong fulys forvay, Quhilk be resson lyst not thar heyt refreyn, Haldand opynyon deyr of a boryt beyn.
Wood to boote, to whyche persons I prey yow to comand me; and if all thes lyst to spek to yow of thys mater when Sir George Browne, W.
But I thynk that the English ladyes and jentylwomen, and the pore also, can do as well as they, and lyst not to lerne of them no thyng; and therefor we drede lest ther hye corages shuld meve them to make yow warre also.
Torrant sperryd the gattys, i-wyse, AAEsAEs that he lyst he clepyd hys, 365 The keys and thyng he bare.
And though some lystat me repine, Iuste truthe shall me defende.
A Englonde Englonde amende or be thou sure Thy noble name and fame can nat endure Amende lyst god do greuously chastyce.
But maye euery man that wyl andlyst come by it by shyftes?
Thou scapst not here, quod he, under ij pence, I lyst not yet bestow my almes dede: Thus lacking mony I could not speede.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lyst" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
