Steorra

Old English Dictionary Entry

Steorra

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: ǽfen-, dæg-, heofon-, morgen-, sǽ-, scip-, swán-steorra. steorra

Definitions

1 steorra

m. A star:--Steorra stella, tungel sidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 53. Swána steorra hesperius, ii. 43, 39. Se hára (háta ?) steorra canis vel canicula, Stella quae Sirius vocatur, 128, 25. Se steorra ðe wé hátaþ Ursa ne cymþ nǽfre on ðam westdǽle, þeáh ealle óþre steorran faren æfter ðære sunnan, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 29-32. Se steorra (stearra, Lind.) ðe hí on eástdǽle gesáwon, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 9. Steorra, se is cweden commeta, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 13. Beorhtnes scínendes steorran, 5, 12; S. 629, 5. Stiorran, Met. 28, 44. Ðone beorhtan steorran ðe wé hátaþ morgensteorra; ðone ilcan wé hátaþ óþre naman ǽfensteorra, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 2-4. Tácna on steorrum, Lk. Skt. 21, 25. [O. Frs. stera: O. Sax. O. H. Ger. sterro: Goth. stairnó; f.: O. H. Ger. sterno: Icel. stjarna; f.]

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ᛋᛏᛇᚱᚱᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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