day sterne

Middle English

Alternative forms

• See alternate forms at day and sterne.

Noun

day sterne

1. A bright celestial body visible to the naked eye in the eastern sky near dawn; typically Venus, sometimes Mercury.
2. (by extension) Dawn.
3. (figuratively) One who inspires hope or happiness in another.
4. (Christianity) The Christ child.

Synonyms

• daysterre
• morwynsterre
• morewetid sterre

Descendants

• Scots: daystern

References

• “sterne (n.1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 August 2018.