Sǽ-steorra

根据古英语词典：

an;

sǽ-steorra

m. A star which guides mariners at sea; stella maris, a title given to the Virgin Mary, from the erroneous belief that it expressed the etymological meaning of the Hebrew name Miriam, Mary :-- Nú is hyre nama gereht . . . sǽsteorra . . . Sǽsteorra heó is gecweden, for ðan þe se steorra on niht gecýþeð scyplíðendum mannum hwyder bið eást and west, hwyder súð and norð, Hml. A. 117, 6-19. [Nomen est Maria quod interpretatur stella maris . . . ꝥ is on ure ledene sesteorre, O. E. Hml. 141, 24-26: 161, 4. Sæsteorrne, Orm. 2132.] sæ-steorra