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þeóstre

  • adjective
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Grammar
þeóstre, þeóster (-or, -ur), and þiéstre, þístre, þýstre; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §138; §175; §434;
Dark.
in a physical sense,
without light
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  • Ðis (

    hell

    ) is ðeóstræ hám,
      Cd. Th. 267, 14; Sat. 38.

  • Ðá hangode swíðe þýstru wæter on ðám wolcnum

    tenebrosa aqua in nubibus,

      Ps. Th. 27, 11.

  • Wæs se óðer beám eallengasweart, dim and þýstre,

      Cd. Th. 30, 36; Gen. 478.

  • Þýstre genip,

      9, 9; Gen. 139.

  • Se þeóstra,

      Wulfst. 186, 4.

  • Niht seó þýstre,

      Judth. Thw. 21, 25; Jud. 34.

  • Hit wearð þýstre

    tenebrae factae erant,

      Jn. Skt. 6, 17.

  • On óþre healfe ys þýstre land,

      Shm. 120, 20.

  • Ða fúlnessa ðæs ðystran ofnes

    foetorem tenebrosae fornacis,

      Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 21.

  • Under ðam scúwan ðære ðýstran nihte

    sub nocte per umbras,

      S. 628, 15.

  • Was heora sum ðýstran onsýne (

    tenebrosae facici

    ),
      5, 13; S. 633, 3.

  • In ðære sweartan niht and in ðære þýstran,

      Nar. 15, 1.

  • In ðam þýstran hám (

    hell

    ), in ðam neólan scræfe,
      Exon. Th. 283, 21; Jul. 683.

  • Þýstre land (

    hell

    ),
      Cd. Th. 46, 1; Gen. 737.

  • Sume ðara ðýstra gásta

    quidam spirituum obscurorum,

      Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 40.

  • Þeóstrum nihtum,

      Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 28.

  • Ðeóf sceal gangan in ðýstrum wederum,

      Menol. Fox 544; Gn. C. 42.

  • Niht biþ wedera þeóstrost,

      Salm. Kmbl. 621; Sal. 310.
metaphorically, of absence of spiritual or mental light, or of cheerfulness
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  • Gif ðín eáge byþ deorc, eall ðín líchama byþ þýstre (ðióstor,

      Rush.), Lk. Skt. 11, 34.

  • Biþ seáð ðam fyrenfullan deóp ádolfen, deorc and ðýstre,

      Ps. Th. 93, 12.

  • Tódríf ðone þiccan mist, ðe wið ða eágan foran ússes módes hangode, hefig and þystre,

      Met. 20, 266.

  • On hú ðióstrum horaseáþe ðara unþeáwa,

      Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 1.

  • On ðás þeóstran weorulde,

      Exon. Th. 86, 18; Cri.1410.

  • Ðióstur (

    caecatum

    ) habbas gé heorta iówre,
      Mk. Skt. Rush. 8, 17.

  • Breóst innan weóll þeóstrum geþoncum,

      Beo. Th. 4653; B. 2332: Elen. Kmbl. 623; El. 312.
Etymology
[Laym. þe þestere (þustere) niht: Orm. þessterr: O. and N. bi þeostre nihte: Ayenb. þiestre: O. Sax. thiustri: O. Frs. thiustere.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þeóstre.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/31767.

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