Middle English Dictionary Entry
sestren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | sestren v. P.ppl. sestred(e, cest(e)red. |
| Etymology | ?From scribal misreading of OE ā)þēostrod, p. ppl. of ā)þēostrian; cp. ME thestren v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. aþestren v.
1.
To make (sb. or sth.) dark.
Associated quotations
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)73.21 : For fulfilled er þai þa Þat sestrede [vrr. sestred, cestered] er in mirkenes Of erthe til houses of wickednes.
- a1400 NVPsalter (Vsp D.7)138.11 : For mirkenesses, alle þat be, Noght cestred sal be [L obscurabuntur] fra þe; For be lighted als daie sal þe nighte.