day sterne
Middle English
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editNoun
edit- Morning star; a bright celestial body visible to the naked eye in the eastern sky near dawn; typically Venus, sometimes Mercury.
- (by extension) Dawn.
- (figuratively) One who inspires hope or happiness in another.
- (Christianity) The Christ child.
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editDescendants
edit- Scots: daystern
References
edit- “sterne, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 August 2018.