from E-NED adjective: Old English þiacuostre, þéostre, in West Saxon (with umlaut) þiacuestre, þyacustre, = Old Saxon thiustri, Old Frisian thiustere, Middle Dutch dûster (Dutch duister, Middle Low German, Low German, German düster),:—Old Teutonic *þiustr-josupz. Ulterior etymology uncertain. noun: Old English ðiacuestru, þéostru, fem. (orig. of the -î decl.) = Old Saxon thiustrî; also Old English ðiacuestre, þéostre, pl. -ru, neut.; frin thester adj. verb: Old English þéostrian, þiacuestrian, from þéostre, thester adj. c 888 - Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ, King Ælfred; see below from E-NED (for adj.)
From: The Chester Plays: A Collection of Mysteries Founded upon Scriptural Subjects Edited by Thomas Wright Printed for the Shakespeare Society, 1843 XIII Lazarus P. 226
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