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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sebunstirnī, from Proto-Germanic *sebunstirniją, a neuter collective meaning literally 'seven stars'. Cognate with Old High German sibunstirni, Old Norse sjaustirni. Compare sinnihte, which is formed similarly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈse͜o.fonˌsti͜yr.re/,
Noun
seofonstierre n
- (astronomy) Pleiades
Sē mōna and þæt seofonstierre ēodon tō setle. Hit is midniht, and sēo tīd āgǣþ, ac iċ slǣpe āna.- The moon and the Pleiades have set. It is midnight, and the time is passing, but I sleep alone.
Declension
Declension of seofonstierre (strong ja-stem)