Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

þeósterness

  • noun [ feminine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
þeósterness, e; f.
Darkness
Show examples
  • Wearð micel þeósternes ofer eallne middangeard

    tetra nox obducta terris est,

      Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 256, 16.
  • Ðá com ðære nihte þýsternys,

      Homl. Ass. 203, 265.
  • Þǽsternes (cf þióstro,

      Met. 21, 40), Bt. 34, 8; Fox 146, 4.
  • On ðýsternesse

    in obscuro,

      Ps. Spl. 10, 2.
Etymology
[A. R. þeosternesse: Orm. þeossterrnesse: Gen. and Ex. ðisternesse: Piers P. þesternesse: O. L. Ger. thiusternussi.]
Full form

Word-wheel

  • þeósterness, n.