Old English · noun
æfensteorra
Normalised ǣfensteorra
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈæː.fenˌste͜or.rɑ/[ˈæː.venˌste͜orˠ.rˠɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈæː · fen · ˌste͜or · rɑ (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- evenstarseenvenusevening star
Meaning
-
the evening star, i.e. Venus as seen in the early evening
Sēo niht hæfþ seofon dǣlas […] Ōðer is wesperum, þæt is ǣfen, þonne sē ǣfensteorra betweox þǣre repsunge ætīewþ […]
The night has seven parts […] Second is vesperum (i.e., evening), when the evening star appears amid the interval […]
Bede, Leechdoms, III, 242
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ǣfensteorra | ǣfensteorran |
| Accusative | ǣfensteorran | ǣfensteorran |
| Genitive | ǣfensteorran | ǣfensteorrena |
| Dative | ǣfensteorran | ǣfensteorrum |
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ēbanþsternǭ. Cognate with Old Saxon āƀandsterro, Old High German ābantsterno, Old Norse aptanstjarna. Equivalent to ǣfen (“evening”) + steorra (“star”).
Descendants
evenstar
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