þester
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English þīestre.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
þester (primarily Early ME)
- Dark, gloomy; not providing or giving off much light or brightness.
- Black or blackish; darkly coloured or shaded, swarthy.
- (rare) Immoral, salacious religiously ignorant, of laity.
- (rare) Incomprehensible, vague, or lacking detail.
Related terms edit
References edit
- “thẹ̄̆ster, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-21.
Noun edit
þester (uncountable) (primarily Early ME)
- The state or quality of being dark; lack of light or brightness.
- Misery, despair, wanhope.
- (rare) Religious torment or torture; the fires of hell.
References edit
- “thẹ̄̆ster, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-21.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English þēostrian, þȳstrian.
Verb edit
þester
- Alternative form of þestren