thester

From Middle English þester, thester (“dark, gloomy”), from Old English þīestre, þēostre (“dark”), from Proto-Germanic *þiustrijaz. Cognate with Dutch duister (“dark”), German düster (“dark, gloomy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɛs.təɹ/

thester (comparative thesterer, superlative thesterest)

1. (obsolete) Dark, tenebrous, gloomy.
   • 15th c., The Chester Mystery Playsː

     He may go no thester way.

   • c. 1500, Vegetius, De Re Militariː

     Thick is the mist, and thester is the moon.

thester (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Darkness.
   • c. 1590, William Fowler

     Troyalus thou didst that defend As well as thester colde;

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

• Threets, resteth, tethers

thester

1. Alternative form of þester