lodestarn.

Brit.

/ˈləʊdstɑː/, U.S.

/ˈloʊdˌstɑr/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s lood(e-, Middle English–1500s lod-, 1500s loade-, ( lodes-), 1500s– load-; see star n.¹ β. northern and ScottishMiddle English–1500s lade-, 1500s leidsterne, laidsterne, laydsterre.

Etymology: < lode n. + star n.¹ Compare Old Norse leiðarstjarna.

1. A star that shows the way; esp. the pole star.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > star > kind of star > stars that show the way > [noun]

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 199 Þe sterre þat ladde þe Grees whan þey seilled þider [sc. to Hesperia] and was her loode sterre, Hespera, þat is Venus.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xviii. 95 Wederwise sheepmen now..Han no by-leyue to þe lyft ne to þe lood-sterre.

?a1400 Morte Arth. 751 Schipe-mene..Lukkes to þe lade-sterne whene þe lyghte faillez.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xvii. 180 The Sterre of the See, that is unmevable and that is toward the Northe, that we clepen the Lode Sterre.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1201 Calistopee..Was turned fro a womman til a Bere And after was she maad the lode sterre.

?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Aiij^v Y^t sowth layd sterre sawe we fourth with.

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. D.vi Tyll the cost be clere That the lode starre appere.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 16 Tha had fund rycht far Furth in the north, law vnder the laid star Ane plesand yle.

a1571 J. Jewel Expos. 2 Thess. 150 in Wks. (1611) The Master of the ship seemeth to be idle..Hee..looketh vpon the load star, and in appearance doth nothing.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. xx. f. 154 The loade starre or North starre.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Lodestar, a Starre that guideth one.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 142 The Load-stone and the Load-star depend both upon this [viz. the steadiness of the earth's axis].

2. figurative. A ‘guiding star’; that on which one's attention or hopes are fixed.This sense appears to have been revived at the beginning of the 19th cent. after a lapse of some 150 years.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance > that which guides

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clew1385

Palinurus1567

stern1577

thread1580

twist1580

sea-mark1589

Pole Star1590

cynosure1596

buoya1603

oracle1612

leading light1653

gospela1674

indexc1750

polar stara1774

pilot star1789

clue1840

guidance1841

guideline1917

breadcrumb trail1969

the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object > goal or target

markc1275

lodestarc1374

aimc1400

mete1402

pricka1450

butta1522

level1525

white marka1533

goal1540

Jack-a-Lent1553

blankc1557

scope1562

period1590

upshot1591

bird1592

golden goal1597

nick1602

quarry1615

North Star1639

huba1657

fair game1690

endgame1938

target1942

cockshot1995

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1392 Biseche I yow myn hertes lady fre. That herevpon ye wolden wryte me, For loue of god my righte lode sterre.

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1494) i. iii. b ij To the hauyn of lyf she was the lode sterre.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xviii. 83 The bright lodes sterre Of my true herte.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 81 O hye triumphing peradis of ioy, Lodsteir and lamp of euery lustines.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid Prol. 8 Lanterne, leid sterne, mirrour, and a per se.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 583/2 A paterne in princehood, a lode-starre in honour, and mirrour of magnificence.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 183 Your eyes are loadstarres .

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 26 Since hee must needs bee the Load-starre of Reformation.

1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain Introd. v. 7 The load-star of each heart and eye, My fair one leads the glittering ball.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ii. xxi. 42 I had a little sister, whose fair eyes Were loadstars of delight, which drew me home When I might wander forth.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 274 The feather in the hat of Lewis was the loadstar of victory.

1861 M. Arnold Pop. Educ. France p. xxiii The French Revolution became an historic epoch for the world, and France the lode-star of Continental democracy.

1871 D. G. Rossetti Jenny in Poems 18 Whose person or whose purse may be The lodestar of your reverie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lodestar
释义	lodestarn. Brit. /ˈləʊdstɑː/, U.S. /ˈloʊdˌstɑr/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s lood(e-, Middle English–1500s lod-, 1500s loade-, ( lodes-), 1500s– load-; see star n.¹ β. northern and ScottishMiddle English–1500s lade-, 1500s leidsterne, laidsterne, laydsterre. Etymology: < lode n. + star n.¹ Compare Old Norse leiðarstjarna. 1. A star that shows the way; esp. the pole star. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > stars that show the way > [noun] lodestara1387 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 199 Þe sterre þat ladde þe Grees whan þey seilled þider [sc. to Hesperia] and was her loode sterre, Hespera, þat is Venus. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xviii. 95 Wederwise sheepmen now..Han no by-leyue to þe lyft ne to þe lood-sterre. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 751 Schipe-mene..Lukkes to þe lade-sterne whene þe lyghte faillez. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xvii. 180 The Sterre of the See, that is unmevable and that is toward the Northe, that we clepen the Lode Sterre. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1201 Calistopee..Was turned fro a womman til a Bere And after was she maad the lode sterre. ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Aiij^v Y^t sowth layd sterre sawe we fourth with. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. D.vi Tyll the cost be clere That the lode starre appere. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 16 Tha had fund rycht far Furth in the north, law vnder the laid star Ane plesand yle. a1571 J. Jewel Expos. 2 Thess. 150 in Wks. (1611) The Master of the ship seemeth to be idle..Hee..looketh vpon the load star, and in appearance doth nothing. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. xx. f. 154 The loade starre or North starre. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Lodestar, a Starre that guideth one. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 142 The Load-stone and the Load-star depend both upon this [viz. the steadiness of the earth's axis]. 2. figurative. A ‘guiding star’; that on which one's attention or hopes are fixed.This sense appears to have been revived at the beginning of the 19th cent. after a lapse of some 150 years. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > guidance > that which guides lodestarc1374 clew1385 Palinurus1567 stern1577 thread1580 twist1580 sea-mark1589 Pole Star1590 cynosure1596 buoya1603 oracle1612 leading light1653 gospela1674 indexc1750 polar stara1774 pilot star1789 clue1840 guidance1841 guideline1917 breadcrumb trail1969 the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object > goal or target markc1275 lodestarc1374 aimc1400 mete1402 pricka1450 butta1522 level1525 white marka1533 goal1540 Jack-a-Lent1553 blankc1557 scope1562 period1590 upshot1591 bird1592 golden goal1597 nick1602 quarry1615 North Star1639 huba1657 fair game1690 endgame1938 target1942 cockshot1995 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 1392 Biseche I yow myn hertes lady fre. That herevpon ye wolden wryte me, For loue of god my righte lode sterre. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1494) i. iii. b ij To the hauyn of lyf she was the lode sterre. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xviii. 83 The bright lodes sterre Of my true herte. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 81 O hye triumphing peradis of ioy, Lodsteir and lamp of euery lustines. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid Prol. 8 Lanterne, leid sterne, mirrour, and a per se. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 583/2 A paterne in princehood, a lode-starre in honour, and mirrour of magnificence. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 183 Your eyes are loadstarres . View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 26 Since hee must needs bee the Load-starre of Reformation. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain Introd. v. 7 The load-star of each heart and eye, My fair one leads the glittering ball. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ii. xxi. 42 I had a little sister, whose fair eyes Were loadstars of delight, which drew me home When I might wander forth. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 274 The feather in the hat of Lewis was the loadstar of victory. 1861 M. Arnold Pop. Educ. France p. xxiii The French Revolution became an historic epoch for the world, and France the lode-star of Continental democracy. 1871 D. G. Rossetti Jenny in Poems 18 Whose person or whose purse may be The lodestar of your reverie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1374
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