evenstarn.

Brit.

/ˈiːvnstɑː/, U.S.

/ˈivənˌstɑr/

Forms: see even n.¹ and star n.¹; also late Old English æfenþeorra (transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: even n.¹, star n.¹

Etymology: < even n.¹ + star n.¹ Compare West Frisian jūnstjer, Middle Dutch avontsterre (Dutch avondster), Old Saxon āƀandsterro, āvandsterro (Middle Low German āvendsterre), Old High German ābandsterro, ābandstern (Middle High German âbentstërne, German Abendstern). Compare even-starn in similar use ( < even n.¹ + starn n.; compare Old Icelandic aptanstjarna):?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 42^v The Euenstern, vesperus.a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) i. vi. 118 Or I maid end, Vesper, the evyn starn brycht, Suld cloys the hevin and end the days lycht.

Now literary and poetic.

A star or planet prominent in the western sky in the evening; esp. (with the) the planet Venus. Also figurative and in figurative context. Cf. evening star n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > inferior planet > [noun] > Venus > as evening star

evenstarOE

Hesperusc1374

eve stara1387

vesper1390

evening star1535

night star1595

Vesperugo1600

shepherd's lamp1827

OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iii. 80 Oðer is Vesperum, þonne se æfensteorra betwux þære repsunge æteowað.

lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. xxxix. 369 Se steorra þe we hatað æfensteorra, þonne he bið west gesewen, þonne tacnnað he æfen.

a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) l. 566 For he is faier ouer alle men So euen-sterre ouer edðe fen.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Job xxxviii. 32 Thou..makist euene sterre [L. vesperum] to rise on the sones of erthe.

?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 801/14 Hic esperes, hewynsterre.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Euen starre..vesper, vesperugo.

1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 21 in Justa Edouardo King Till the ev'n-starre..Toward heav'ns descent had slop'd his burnisht wheel.

1720 Andrews's Great News from Stars sig. B5 Jupiter is Occidental and an Even-Star until the twenty-seventh Day.

1870 Monthly Packet Dec. 536 What of the night? Is yonder light The morn or even star?

1907 J. Joyce Chamber Music xxv Clouds that wrap the vales below At the hour of evenstar Lowliest attendants are.

1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King v. Last came Master Elrond,..and beside him upon a grey palfrey rode Arwen his daughter, Evenstar of her people.

2000 E. Haydon Prophecy xxii. 209 The sun stood clear in the sky and the evenstar was no longer visible through the morning light.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	evenstar
释义	evenstarn. Brit. /ˈiːvnstɑː/, U.S. /ˈivənˌstɑr/ Forms: see even n.¹ and star n.¹; also late Old English æfenþeorra (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: even n.¹, star n.¹ Etymology: < even n.¹ + star n.¹ Compare West Frisian jūnstjer, Middle Dutch avontsterre (Dutch avondster), Old Saxon āƀandsterro, āvandsterro (Middle Low German āvendsterre), Old High German ābandsterro, ābandstern (Middle High German âbentstërne, German Abendstern). Compare even-starn in similar use ( < even n.¹ + starn n.; compare Old Icelandic aptanstjarna):?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 42^v The Euenstern, vesperus.a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) i. vi. 118 Or I maid end, Vesper, the evyn starn brycht, Suld cloys the hevin and end the days lycht. Now literary and poetic. A star or planet prominent in the western sky in the evening; esp. (with the) the planet Venus. Also figurative and in figurative context. Cf. evening star n. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > inferior planet > [noun] > Venus > as evening star evenstarOE Hesperusc1374 eve stara1387 vesper1390 evening star1535 night star1595 Vesperugo1600 shepherd's lamp1827 OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iii. 80 Oðer is Vesperum, þonne se æfensteorra betwux þære repsunge æteowað. lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. xxxix. 369 Se steorra þe we hatað æfensteorra, þonne he bið west gesewen, þonne tacnnað he æfen. a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) l. 566 For he is faier ouer alle men So euen-sterre ouer edðe fen. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Job xxxviii. 32 Thou..makist euene sterre [L. vesperum] to rise on the sones of erthe. ?a1500 Nominale (Yale Beinecke 594) in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 801/14 Hic esperes, hewynsterre. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Euen starre..vesper, vesperugo. 1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 21 in Justa Edouardo King Till the ev'n-starre..Toward heav'ns descent had slop'd his burnisht wheel. 1720 Andrews's Great News from Stars sig. B5 Jupiter is Occidental and an Even-Star until the twenty-seventh Day. 1870 Monthly Packet Dec. 536 What of the night? Is yonder light The morn or even star? 1907 J. Joyce Chamber Music xxv Clouds that wrap the vales below At the hour of evenstar Lowliest attendants are. 1955 J. R. R. Tolkien Return of King v. Last came Master Elrond,..and beside him upon a grey palfrey rode Arwen his daughter, Evenstar of her people. 2000 E. Haydon Prophecy xxii. 209 The sun stood clear in the sky and the evenstar was no longer visible through the morning light. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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