æfensteorra

Old English

FWOTD – 27 September 2017

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/, [ˈæː.venˌste͜orˠ.rˠɑ]

Noun

ǣfensteorra m

  1. 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:

singular plural
nominative ǣfensteorra ǣfensteorran
accusative ǣfensteorran ǣfensteorran
genitive ǣfensteorran ǣfensteorrena
dative ǣfensteorran ǣfensteorrum

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Middle English: euensterre
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