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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ēbanþsternǭ. Cognate with Old Saxon āƀandsterro, Old High German ābantsterno, Old Norse aptanstjarna. Equivalent to ǣfen (“evening”) + steorra (“star”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæː.fenˌste͜or.rɑ/,
Noun
ǣfensteorra m
- the evening star, i.e. Venus as seen in the early evening
- Bede, Leechdoms, III, 242:
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
Declension
Weak:
Descendants