þystru

Old English

Alternative forms

  • þēostru, þēostro, þīostro, þȳstro

Etymology

From þȳstre + -u.

Noun

þȳstru f

  1. darkness, gloom
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      1. Þēof ðe on þȳstre færeþ, on sweartre niht.
  2. dimness of sight or mind
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online
      1. Wið ēagena þȳstru and genipe.

Declension

Synonyms

  • deorcnes f (darkness)
  • dīgol n (darkness, a secret or hidden place, mystery)
  • dimnes f (dimness, darkness, obscurity)
  • dimscūa m (darkness, shadowiness)
  • forsworcennes f (obscurity, darkness)
  • heolstorscūwa m (dark shade, darkness)
  • mirce n (murkiness, darkness)
  • nihtglōm m (night gloom, darkness of night)
  • nihtscūa m (shades or darkness of night)
  • ġenip n (mist, darkness)
  • salnes f (darkness)
  • þēostrung f (darkness)
  • þēosterfullnes f (darkness)
  • þrosm m (smoke, darkness)

Antonyms

  • bearhtm m (brightness)
  • beorht n (brightness, glistening, splendor)
  • beorhtnes f (brightness)
  • birhtu f (brightness, splendor)
  • lēoma m (light, beam of light, sheen, radiance)
  • līhtnes f (lightness, brightness)
  • līxung f (splendor, brightness)
  • scīma m (splendor, brightness, light)
  • scīnness f (splendor, brightness)

References

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