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▪ I. † thester, n. Obs.
Forms: 1 ðiostru, -tro, þeostru, ðiestru, þystru, -o, 2 þeostre, 3 þuster, 4 þustre, 4 þestri, þester, 4–5 thestre, 5 thestur.
[OE. ðíestru, þéostru, fem. (orig. of the -î decl.) = OS. thiustrî; also OE. ðíestre, þéostre, pl. -ru, neut.; f. thester a.]
Darkness. lit. and fig.
Beowulf 87 Seþe in þystrum bad. c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. xxxv. 244 Se dæᵹ bið ierres dæᵹ & ðiestra ðæᵹ. a900tr. Bæda's Hist. v. xiii. [xii.] (1890) 426 He mec forlet in middum þæm þeostrum. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xxii. 13 Wurpaþ hyne on þa uttran þystro [c 1160 Hatton G. þeostran, Rushw. ðiostre, Lindisf. ðiostrum]. c1175Lamb. Hom. 131 He ledde heom of þeostran and of scadewe. a1250Owl & Night. 230 Hit luuyeþ þuster & hateþ lyht. c1315Shoreham v. 130 Þaȝ hyt were þustre of nyȝt. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1775 Þay þrongen þeder in þe þester. c1400Destr. Troy 4629 Thunret in the thestur throly with all. a1400–50Alexander 4627 Quen it walows & wannes all oure thestres.
Hence † ˈthesterful, þeosterful a., full of darkness; † theosterleyk (Orm. þeossterrleȝȝc), darkness.
c1000ælfric Hom. II. 350 Se engel me lædde..to anre þeostorfulre stowe. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. vi. 23 Eall þin lic-hama byð ðysterfull [c 1160 Hatton G. þeosterful]. c1200Ormin 2964, I þiss lifess þeossterrleȝȝc.
▪ II. † thester, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 ðiostre, *ðiestre, þystre, þiostor, 1–2 þeoster (-or, -ur), 1–3 þeostre, 2 þiestre, þostre, 2–3 þestre, 2–4 þester, 3 þuster, -re, þestere, (Orm. þessterr), 4 þyestre, þister, þyster, 4–5 thester, -ir, 5 thestur.
[OE. þíostre, þéostre, in WS. (with umlaut) þíestre, þýstre, = OS. thiustri, OFris. thiustere, MDu. dûster (Du. duister, MLG., LG., G. düster),:—OTeut. *þiustr-joz. Ulterior etymology uncertain.]
Dark. lit. and fig.
Beowulf 2332 Breost innan weoll þeostrum ᵹeþoncum. a900tr. Bæda's Hist. v. xiii. [xii.] (1890) 426 Under ðæm scuan þære ðeostran nihte. c1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) xvii[i]. 11 Þa hangode swiðe þystru wæter on þam wolcnum. c1175Cott. Hom. 233 H[e] sweueð hus mid þiestre nicht. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 39 Al þis lif..is to nihte iefned, for þat it is swa þester of ure ateliche synnes. c1200Ormin 16774 Nicodem, Þatt comm till ure Laferrd O þessterr nahht. a1300XI Pains Hell 121 in O.E. Misc. 150 Þe stude is þustrore þene þe nyht. Ibid. 225 Þustrur þane þe nyht. c1315Shoreham v. 146 Be hyt þyster, be hyt lyȝt. 1340Ayenb. 45 Þise zelleres of cloþ þet chieseþ þe þyestre stedes huer hi zelleþ hare cloþ. c1400Destr. Troy 2362 He þrong into þicke wodes, þester within. a1500Chester Pl. (Shaks. Soc.) I. 226 He maie goe no thester waie.
▪ III. † thester, v. Obs.
Forms: 1 ð-, þeostrian, þiestrian, þystrian, 2 þestrian, 2–3 þ(e)ostren, 3 þustren, 4 þester.
[OE. þéostrian, þíestrian, f. þéostre, thester a. Cf. G. düstern.]
1. intr. To become dark, grow dim.
a900tr. Bæda's Hist. v. xiii. [xii.] (1890) 426 Þa ᵹeseah ic..onginnan ðeostrian ða stowe. c1000ælfric Gen. xlviii. 10 Israheles eaᵹan þystrodon for þære micclan ylde. 1154O.E. Chron. an. 1135 (Laud MS.) Þa þestrede þe dæi ouer al landes. c1175Lamb. Hom. 143 Steorren sculen þeostren. c1205Lay. 4574 Þeostrede [c 1275 þustrede] þa wolcne.
2. trans. To make dark, darken; to dim.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxviii. §5 Se dæᵹ blent & þiostrað heora eaᵹan. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Mark xiii. 24 Sunna bið ᵹe-ðiostrod. a1225Ancr. R. 94 Þet heo her þeostreð nu ham suluen. |