þiestre

Old English

Alternative forms

• þēostor, þēoster, þēostre, þȳstre, þīstre

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þiustrī (“dark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθi͜yːs.tre/

Adjective

þīestre (comparative þīestra, superlative þīestrest)

1. dark

   on þām þīestrestum hyrnum

   in the darkest corners

   Iċ bēo eft ǣr hit þīestre wierþ.

   I'll be back before it gets dark.

   Þrang þīestre ġenip, þām þe sē þēoden self sċōp nihte naman.

   The gloomy dark thronged, to which the Sovereign himself gave the name of night.

2. gloomy

Usage notes

• This word was not used in the sense “the dark.” Instead the noun þīestru (“darkness”) was used.

Declension

Declension of þīestre — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þīestre	þīestru, þīestro	þīestre
Accusative	þīesterne	þīestre	þīestre
Genitive	þīestres	þīestre	þīestres
Dative	þīestrum	þīestre	þīestrum
Instrumental	þīestre	þīestre	þīestre
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þīestre	þīestra, þīestre	þīestru, þīestro
Accusative	þīestre	þīestra, þīestre	þīestru, þīestro
Genitive	þīestra	þīestra	þīestra
Dative	þīestrum	þīestrum	þīestrum
Instrumental	þīestrum	þīestrum	þīestrum

Declension of þīestre — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þīestra	þīestre	þīestre
Accusative	þīestran	þīestran	þīestre
Genitive	þīestran	þīestran	þīestran
Dative	þīestran	þīestran	þīestran
Instrumental	þīestran	þīestran	þīestran
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	þīestran	þīestran	þīestran
Accusative	þīestran	þīestran	þīestran
Genitive	þīestra, þīestrena	þīestra, þīestrena	þīestra, þīestrena
Dative	þīestrum	þīestrum	þīestrum
Instrumental	þīestrum	þīestrum	þīestrum

Synonyms

• deorc

Derived terms

• þēostrian
• þīestru

Descendants

• English: thester

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “þiestre”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “þiestre”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan