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sǽ-steorra

  • noun [ masculine ]
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sǽ-steorra, an; 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
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  • 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.
Etymology
[Nomen est Maria quod interpretatur stella maris . . . ꝥ is on ure ledene sesteorre, O. E. Hml. 141, 24-26: 161, 4. Sæsteorrne, Orm. 2132.]
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