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stjarna

nafnorðkvenkyn
u, [a word common to all Indo-Germ. languages], a star, 5; heiðar stjörnur, 57, 110, 299, and passim. In olden and modern days in , the time in the winter evenings was marked by the position of the Pleiades above the horizon (as that of the day by the sun, see dagr, dags-mark); that constellation is therefore κατ ἐξ. called ‘the Star,’ Þórðr reið Fimmta-daginn um hádegi af Þingvelli en kom til Helgafells Föstu-náttina er stjarna var í austri, on Friday night when the Star was in the east, was just risen, iii. 25; sendi hann Einar djákna út at sjá hvar stjarna væri komin, he sent Einar out to see where the Star was ( to see what the time was), i. 874; þegar er úthallaði á kveldum, skyldi hann halda til stjörnu, he ‘should keep to the Star,’ ‘keep to the time,’ 43; so also in the ditty, Sjö-stjörnu spyr enginn að | inn í bóndans garði | hún er komin í hádegis stað | hálfu fyrr enn varði, Eggert. But with sailors ‘the Star’ means the load-star (leiðar-s.), allt norðr undir Stjörnu, north under the Star, to the north pole, x. 112; þar (þaðan) er stjarna er Hafshvarf heitir á austan-verðu landi, A.A., 31: ‘stjarna’ also may mean Arcturus; vagn-s. = the ‘wain-star,’ Arcturus; kveld-s., morgun-s., blá-s., leiðar-s. Northern mythical names of stars, Örvandils-tá, the toe of Orwendel = Rigel in Orion (?), 59; Þjassa augu, the Eyes of Thiassi = Castor and Pollux (?), 47; Loka-brenna = ‘Sirius;’ Reið Rögnis = the ‘Wain of Odin’ = the Great Wain (?),
2. a star on the forehead of a horse; such horses are called Stjarni, a, , and Stjarna, u, II. : stjörnubók, stjörnufræði, stjörnufræðingr, stjörnugangr, stjörnuhrap, stjörnuíþrótt, stjörnulist, stjörnuljós, stjörnumark, stjörnumeistari, stjörnurím, stjörnuvegr.
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  • i. e.id est.
  • cp.compare.
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