æfensteorra

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *ēbanþsternǭ. Cognate with Old Saxon āƀandsterro, Old High German ābantsterno, Old Norse aptanstjarna. Equivalent to ǣfen (“evening”) +‎ steorra (“star”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæː.fenˌste͜or.rɑ/, [ˈæː.venˌste͜orˠ.rˠɑ] === Noun === ǣfensteorra m the evening star, i.e. Venus as seen in the early evening Bede, Leechdoms, III, 242: ==== Declension ==== Weak: ==== Synonyms ==== (star): ǣfentungel ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: euensterre English: evenstar