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ǽfen-steorra

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ǽfen-steorra, an; m.
The evening star; Hesperus; the Grk. ἕσπερος [Lat. vesper], the evening star, is called by Hesiod a son of and Eos, and was regarded by the ancients the same as the morning star, whence both Homer and Hesiod call him the bringer of light, ἑωσ-φόροας, Il. xxii. 318: xxiii. 226. The Romans designated him by the names Lucifer and Hesperus, to characterise him as the morning or evening star
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v.  morgen-steorra.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽfen-steorra.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/416.

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