Noun: sterre
| Sg. | sterre |
| Pl. | sterres; sterren |
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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I dar wel putte thee out of doute −− To make of thee as yet a sterre. (I dare well put thee out of doubt -- To make of thee as yet a star.) [(Can we date this quote?), The Book of the Duchess:]
Nouns inflected like sterre
scalle,
schire,
schete,
bente mone,
pantere,
newe mone,
schrewe,
schanke,
schafte,
morewetid sterre,
kidenere,
yong mone,
sorinesse,
chirche,
cold sterre,
crouche,
culvere,
blasynge sterre,
do,
to, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English steorra, from Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Doublet of sterne (“star”). See: Old English Nouns '
steorra', Old English Nouns '
steorra'.
Verbs referencing "sterre"
English Nouns
star.
Translations