þestren

Middle English

Alternative forms

• þester, þeostren, thestren

Etymology

Inherited from Old English þēostrian and þȳstrian, from Proto-West Germanic *þeustrōn (“to make dark”) and *þīustrijēn (“to be dark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeːstrən/, /ˈθɛstrən/

Verb

þestren

1. To become dark or black; to lose its lightness.
2. (rare) To make oneself non-visible.

Conjugation

Conjugation of þestren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) þestren, þestre
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	þestre	þestred
2nd-person singular	þestrest	þestredest
3rd-person singular	þestreth	þestred
subjunctive singular	þestre
imperative singular		—
plural1	þestren, þestre	þestreden, þestrede
imperative plural	þestreth, þestre	—
participles	þestrynge, þestrende	þestred, yþestred

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

References

• “thẹ̄̆stren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-22.