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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þiustrī (“dark”).
Pronunciation
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.
Þrang þīestre ġenip, þām þe sē þēoden self sċōp nihte naman.- The gloomy dark thronged, to which the Sovereign himself gave the name of night.
- 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
Declension of þīestre — Weak
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