æfentungel
Old English
Etymology
Equivalent to ǣfen (“evening”) + tungol (“star”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ.fen.tun.ɡel/, [ˈæ.ven.tuŋ.ɡel]
Noun
æfentungel n (nominative plural æfentunglu)
- the evening star, Hesperus, i.e. Venus as seen in the evening
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | æfentungel | — |
| accusative | æfentungel | — |
| genitive | æfentungles | — |
| dative | æfentungle | — |
Synonyms
- (star): ǣfensteorra
References
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ǽfen-tungel”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.