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þeóstru

  • noun [ feminineneuter ]
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þeóstru, (sometimes written þr- instead of þ-) and þiéstru, þístru, þýstru; f.: and þeóstre, þýstre; n. [cf. O. Sax. thiustri; n.]
Darkness (lit. and metaph.); dimness of sight (lit. or metaph.); like the Latin tenebrae, which it translates, it is often used in the plural
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  • Ðǽr wæs deorc þeóstru,

      Ps. Th. 87, 6.

  • Leóht and þeóstro,

      Cd. Th. 239, 27; Dan. 376.

  • Þióstro,

      Met. 21, 41.

  • Gif ðæt léht, ðætte in ðé is, þeóstru sint, ðæt þeóstre hú micel biþ,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 6, 23.

  • On ðæt gemǽre leóhtes and þeóstro,

      Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 13.

  • Mid þýstro genipum,

      Blickl. Homl. 203, 8: 209, 33.

  • On ðýstres onlícnisse ... on leóhtes onlícnisse,

      Salm. Kmbl. p. 144, 30.

  • For ðære egeslícan þióstro ðære nihte,

      Bt. 23; Fox 78, 29.

  • Ne gǽþ hé on þeóstro,

      Blickl. Homl.103, 31.

  • In þýstro,

      Exon. Th. 432, 10; Rä. 48, 4.

  • Mid þýstro,

      Cd. Th. 148, 1; Gen. 2450.

  • Wið eágena þýstru and genipe,

      Lchdm. i. 366, 13.

  • On þeóstre,

      Exon. Th. 87, 11; Cri. 1423: 94, 27; Cri. 1546.

  • Þeóf ðe on þýstre færeþ, on sweartre niht,

      54, 22; Cri. 872.

  • Mid þýstre,

      462, 20; Hö. 55: 470, 12; Hy. 11, 14.

  • Þeóstru

    tenebre,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 48.

  • Þeóstru wǽron,

      Gen. 1, 2.

  • Becómon ðicce ðeóstru,

      Homl. Th. ii. 194, 4.

  • Swá dóþ ða þeóstro ðíne gedréfednesse,

      Bt. 6; Fox 14, 30.

  • Beóþ þeóstra gewordene,

      Blickl. Homl. 93, 18.

  • Ðære nihte þióstro hí onlíhtaþ,

      Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5.

  • Ðióstro,

      Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 6, 17.

  • Gif ðæt leóht, ðe on ðé is, synt þýstru (ðióstræ,

      Lind.: þeóstru, Rush.), hú mycle beóþ ða þýstru (ðióstro, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 6, 23: Lk. Skt. 11, 35.

  • Ðæt þýstro eów ne befón

    ut non tenebrae nos compraehendant,

      Jn. Skt. 12, 35: 1, 5.

  • Æfter ðǽm clammum helle þeóstra,

      Blickl. Homl. 83, 22: Exon. Th. 143, 28; Gú. 668.
  • Se beorhta dæg tódrǽfþ ða dimlícan þeóstru ðære sweartan nihte ... Crist ús fram deófles ðeóstrum álýsde ... 'Uton áwurpan þeóstra weorc...,' Homl. Th. i. 604, 1-5.

  • Ðara þióstra ðisse worulde,

      Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 26.

  • Þýstra (ðióstrana,

      Lind. Rush.) anweald, Lk. Skt. 22, 53: 11, 36.

  • Ðiéstra dæg and mistes,

      Past. 35; Swt. 245, 5.

  • On þýstra bealo,

      Exon. Th. 76, 32; Cri. 1248.

  • Þrýstra wræce,

      37, 15; Cri. 593.

  • Hé gedǽlde ðæt leóht fram ðám þeóstrum,

      Gen. 1, 4: Cd. Th. 8, 21; Gen. 127: Blickl. Homl. 65, 17.

  • Þióstrum,

      Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 30.

  • Ðyóstrum,

      Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 12.

  • Mid ðǽm ðiéstrum (ðiétrum,

      Hatt. MS.)
    ðisses andweardan lífes ... on ðǽm ðístrum (ðiéstrum, Hatt. MS.), Past. 65; Swt. 64, 8, 12.

  • Ðýstrum, Ps. Th. 106, 9. ¶

    The acc. sing. and pl. are given together, as often the two cannot be distinguished

    :-- God hét ða þeóstra niht,
      Gen. 1, 5: Blickl. Homl. 17, 36.

  • Ðeós India hæfþ on ánre sídan þeóstru,

      Homl. Th. i. 454, 14.

  • On ða úttran þýstru (in þeóstra ðæt ýtterre,

      Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 25, 30.

  • Ðara deófla þeóstro hé oforgeát mid his leóhte,

      Blickl. Homl. 85, 8, 21.

  • Áweorpan ða ðióstro his módes,

      Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 26: Met. 24, 56: Rtl. 37, 9.

  • On ða úttran þýstro (in ðióstre ðæt ýtemæst ł ýterræ,

      Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 22, 13: 8, 12.

  • Þýstro (ðióstro, Lind.: ðióstru, Rush.)

    tenebras,

      Jn. Skt. 3, 19.

  • Þístro,

      Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 10.

  • Ðístro,

      Past. 56; Swt. 433, 13.

  • Þýstru,

      Ps. Th. 103, 19.

  • Þrióstre senna,

      Hy. 8, 28.
Etymology
[Of þeóstran de tenebris, O. E. Homl. i. 131, 12. Hit luveþ þuster and hateþ liht, O. and N. 230. O. Sax. thiustria; f.: thiustri; n.]
Similar entries
v. carcern-, hinder-þeóstru.
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v.  þeóstre þiéstru þístru þrýstru þýstru.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “þeóstru.” 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/31770.

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