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dæg-steorra

  • noun [ masculine ]
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dæg-steorra, an; m. [dæg a day, steorra a star]
The day star; lucifer, aurora
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  • Seó sunne and se móna, and ǽfensteorra and dægsteorra, and óðre þrý steorran, ne synd ná fæste on ðam firmamentum

    the sun and the moon, and the evening star and the day star, and three other stars, are not fast in the firmament,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 15,
    • 28;
    • Lchdm. iii. 270, 3: Ælfc. T. 24,
    • 11.
  • Upasprungen scínþ dægsteorra

    ortus refulget lucifer,

    • Hymn. Surt. 27,
    • 23.
  • Nú gǽþ dægsteorra up

    jam ascendit aurora,

    • Gen. 32,
    • 26.
  • Ǽr dægsteorran ic cende ðé

    ante luciferum genui te,

    • Ps. Spl. 109,
    • 4.
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