Middle English Dictionary Entry
dai-sterre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | dai-sterre n. Also dai-ster(e, -stern(e, -starne & deissterre. |
| Etymology | OE dæȝ-steorra |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The morning star as coming into view at dawn; at the ~, at dawn; (b) fig. a luminary; one who arouses hope or joy; also, hope, joy.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)328 : Wone ich iso arise vorre Oþer dairim oþer daisterre [vr. day steorre].
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Dc 369(1))Job 38.32 : Whether thou bringist forth the dai sterre [L luciferum] in his time, and the euetid sterre vp on the sones of the erthe thou makist to rise?
- c1390 PPl.A(1) (Vrn)6.83 : Þe Tour þer treuþe is Inne I-set Is aboue þe sonne; He may do with þe day-sterre what him deore lykeþ.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)113a/b : Venus..is nyȝe þe sonne & gooþ tofore him & þanne he is clepid lucifer & day sterre.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)126a/b : In þe dawinge lucifer, þe day sterre, arisiþ & warneþ of þe sonne risynge.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)2.m.3.7 : The daysterre waxeth pale.
- c1450 When the son (Frf 16)211 : Ye certys ys fayrer than fayrye, Or esperus, the day ster bryght on the skye.
- a1500(?a1410) Lydg.CB (Lnsd 699)70 : To syng..Erly on morwe, the day-sterre to salewe.
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)221/31 : Þe leues dytdyn schyne as þe day-ster.
- a1500(1422) Yonge SSecr.(Rwl B.490)167/35 : Iusticia..is the moste faryste vertu of all vertues, more bryghtyr Shynynge than the day-sterre.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Roy 1.B.6)2 Pet.1.19 : Til..the day sterre [L lucifer] springe in ȝoure hertis.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)157/69 : Haile, dey-stere! haile, sauer chene!
- a1450(?1420) Lydg.TG (Tan 346)1355 : O myȝti goddes, daister after nyȝt, Glading þe morov..with twinkeling of ȝoure plesaunt chere.
- c1450(a1400) Orolog.Sap.(Dc 114)334/35 : Whanne þou, þat feyrest daysterre..rysest vp in myddes of þe derkenesse of my herte [etc.].
- a1475-1554 Lydg.FP (Bergen)9.2522 : O cleerest sonne, daysterre..Of our cite which callid is Florence, Laude onto the [Dante], honour and reuerence!
- a1500 Add.Hymnal (Add 34193)474/5 : Now the deys sterre in hys hevynly spere..a peryth in owr syght..Charyng a wey the darknes of þe nyght.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: In 'S,' we have made two separate entries for sterre n. and sterne n.(1). In keeping with this disctinction, the four quots. showing forms with -n- (which were treated under dai-sterre n. in the print MED), are now treated under sterne n.(1) [sense (f)] in the eMED. The combination dai-sterne is now also added to the combinations listed under dai n., sense 13.(d) with a cross-reference to sterne n.(1) (f).
Note: Note form dais-sterre: ought this form to be under dai n. as a genitive singular rather than here in the compound?--per MJW
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)51/281a : Lucifer: the deysterre.
Note: Belongs to sense (a); tweak gloss to include= 'the morning star, Venus.'--per MLL
Note: See Lucifer n., sense (c) and sterre n., sense 1a.(f).