þester

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === þeostre, þuster, þyster, thestur, thestir, thester === Etymology 1 === From Old English þīestre. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Early Middle English) IPA(key): /ˈθiːstər/, /ˈθuːstər/ IPA(key): /ˈθeːstər/, /ˈθɛstər/ ==== Adjective ==== þester (primarily Early ME) Dark, gloomy; not providing or giving off much light or brightness. Black or blackish; darkly coloured or shaded, swarthy. (rare) Immoral, salacious religiously ignorant, of laity. (rare) Incomprehensible, vague, or lacking detail. ===== Related terms ===== þesternesse þestren þestri ===== References ===== “thẹ̄̆ster, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 September 2018. ==== Noun ==== þester (uncountable) (primarily Early ME) The state or quality of being dark; lack of light or brightness. Misery, despair, wanhope. (rare) Religious torment or torture; the fires of hell. ===== References ===== “thẹ̄̆ster, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 September 2018. === Etymology 2 === From Old English þēostrian, þȳstrian. ==== Verb ==== þester alternative form of þestren