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)
- dark
- on þām þīestrestum hyrnum
- in the darkest corners
- Iċ bēo eft ǣr hit þīestre wierþ.
- I'll be back before it gets dark.
- 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, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan