steren

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Cornish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ster +‎ -en

Noun[edit]

steren f (plural sterednow or sterennow)

  1. singulative of ster (stars)

Middle English[edit]

Verb[edit]

steren

  1. To incite; to lead
    • late 14th century, Chaucer, “The Pardoner’s prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales[1], (1561 edition), published 1868, page 214:
      And in latin I speke wordes a fewe / To sauer with my predication / And for to stere men to devocion.
      And in Latin I speak a wordës few, / To saffron with my predicatión, / And for to stir men to devotión.