morwynsterre
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Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English morgensteorra, equivalent to morwe + sterre.
Noun
[edit]morwynsterre (plural morwynsterres or morwynsterren)
- Morning star; a bright celestial body visible to the naked eye in the eastern sky near dawn; typically Venus, sometimes Mercury.
- (Christianity) The head of the fallen angels; Lucifer, Satan.
Synonyms
[edit]- (planet): morewetid sterre, daysterre, day sterne
Descendants
[edit]- English: morning star
References
[edit]- “sterre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 August 2018.