þiestru

Noun

 * 1) darkness
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"
 * "ang"

- Sē heofon bringþ lēohte dagas and eft behileþ þæt lēoht mid þīestrum.


 * 1) * late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 1:2
 * "ang"

- Sēo eorðe sōðlīċe wæs īdlu and ǣmtegu, and þīestra wǣron ofer þǣre neowolnesse brādnesse, and Godes gāst wæs ġefērod ofer wætru.


 * 1) gloom

Usage notes

 * Most often used in the plural, with no change in meaning: Ondrǣtst þū þē þīestra? (“Are you afraid of the dark?”), Wit ġemētaþ on þǣre stōwe þǣr nāna þīestra ne sind ("We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness").