þystre

þystre

Old English

Alternative forms

• þeoster, þeostre, þiestre, þistre

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þiustrijaz (“dark, without light”). Akin to Old High German dinstar, Old Frisian *thiūstere, German düster, Dutch duister, Icelandic þjóstur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθyːstre/

Adjective

þȳstre (comparative þȳstra, superlative þȳstrost)

1. dark
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
     1. Ðis (hell) 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 (hell), 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.

Synonyms

• blind (“blind”)
• deorc (“dark”)
• deorcegrǣġ (“dark gray”)
• deorcfull (“dark”)
• dīgol (“secret, hidden, dark, deep”)
• dim (“dim, dark”)
• dimhīw (“dark-colored, gloomy”)
• dimlīċ (“dim, secret, hidden”)
• dox (“dark-colored”)
• dun (“dun, brown-black-colored”)
• dyrne (“secret, hidden, obscure”)
• eorp (“dark, dusky, brown, swarthy”)
• forsworcenliċ (“obscure”)
• ġedrēfedliċ (“turbulent, troublesome”)
• grǣġ (“gray”)
• heolstor (“dark”)
• heolstriġ (“dark, full of hiding places”)
• mirce (“murky”)
• mōdblind (“blind in mind”)
• salu (“dusky, dark”)
• sweart (“swart, swarthy, or black colored”)
• þēosterfull (“dark”)
• þēostriġ (“dark”)
• wann (“dusty, sable, lurid”)
• wannfāh (“dark-hued”)
• wannfeax (“dark-haired”)
• wannhǣwe (“blue-black”)

Derived terms

• þēostercofa
• þēosterlīċ (“dark”)
• þēosterloca
• þēosterness
• þēostriġ (“dark”)
• þȳstrian
• þȳstru

Related terms

• þēosterfullnes f (“darkness”)
• þēostrung f (“darkness”)

Descendants

• English: thester

See also

• ġedwimorlīċ (“illusive”)
• swicol (“deceptive, deceitful”)
• twēolīċ (“dubious, doubtful”)
• twēonol (“doubtful”)

References

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