† even-star Obs.
Also 5 -stern.
[OE. ǽfensteorra, f. ǽfen, even n. + steorra, star; for even-stern cf. ON. aptan-stiarn.]
Evening-star.
| c 888 K. ælfred Boeth. xxxix. §13 Se steorra ðe we hataþ æfensteorra. c 1220 Bestiary 766 For he is faier ouer alle men, so euen sterre ouer edðe fen. 1388 Wyclif Job xxxviii. 32 Thou..makist euene sterre..to rise on the sones of erthe. 1483 Cath. Angl. 119 The Euenstern, vesperus. 1552 Huloet, Euen starre..vesper, vesperugo. |