Old English

Alternative forms

• þeoster, þeostre, þiestre, þistre

Adjective

þystre (comparative þystra, superlative þystrost)

1. dark
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
     1. Ðis (****) is ðeóstræ hám.
     2. Ðá hangode swíðe þýstru wæter on ðám wolcnum.
     3. Wæs se óðer beám eallenga sweart, dim and þýstre.
     4. Þýstre genip.
     5. Se þeóstra.
     6. Niht seó þýstre.
     7. Hit wearð þýstre.
     8. On óþre healfe ys þýstre land.
     9. Ða fúlnessa ðæs ðystran ofnes.
     10. Under ðam scúwan ðære ðýstran nihte.
     11. Was heora sum ðýstran onsýne.
     12. In ðære sweartan niht and in ðære þýstran.
     13. In ðam þýstran hám (****), in ðam neólan scræfe.
     14. Þeóstrum nihtum.
     15. Ðeóf sceal gangan in ðýstrum wederum.
     16. Niht biþ wedera þeóstrost.
2. dim sighted
3. benighted
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
     1. Sume ðara ðýstra gásta.
     2. Gif ðín eáge byþ deorc, eall ðín líchama byþ þýstre.
     3. Biþ seáð ðam fyrenfullan deóp ádolfen, deorc and ðýstre.
     4. On ðás þeóstran weorulde.
4. somber, gloomy
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
     1. Tódríf ðone þiccan mist, ðe wið ða eágan foran ússes módes hangode, hefig and þystre.
     2. On hú ðióstrum horaseáþe ðara unþeáwa.
     3. Ðióstur habbas gé heorta iówre.
     4. Breóst innan weóll þeóstrum geþoncum.

Derived terms

• þeostercofa
• þeosterlic
• þeosterloca
• þiostrig
• þysterness
• þystrian

Related terms

• þeosterfullness
• þeosterfull
• þystru
• þystrung

Descendants

• English: thester

References

• A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
• Old English to Modern English Translator