𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉

Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr. Cognate to Crimean Gothic stein (misprint for *stern). Identical in formation to Old Norse stjarna, and, more distantly, cognate to Koine Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr), which it translates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛr.noː/

Noun

𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 • (stairnō) f

2. (hapax) star (luminous celestial body)
   • 4th Century, Wulfila (tr.), Gothic Bible: Gospel of Mark (Codex Argenteus) 13.25:

     𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌸𐍉𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌼 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰.

     jah stairnōns himinis wairþand driusandeins jah mahteis þōs in himinam gawagjanda.

     And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. (KJV).

Declension

No singular forms are attested, but they probably existed.

Feminine ōn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 stairnō	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 stairnōns
Vocative	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 stairnō	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 stairnōns
Accusative	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽 stairnōn	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 stairnōns
Genitive	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍃 stairnōns	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽𐍉 stairnōnō
Dative	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌽 stairnōn	𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉𐌼 stairnōm

Coordinate terms

• 𐌰𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌻 (auzandil, “the morning star”)
• 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna, “the Moon”)
• 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 (sauil, “the Sun”)
• 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌽𐍉 (sunnō, “the Sun”)

See also

• 𐍄𐌿𐌲𐌲𐌻 (tuggl)

Further reading

• Lehmann, Winfred P. (1986) “S131. *stairno”, in A Gothic Etymological Dictionary, based on the 3rd ed. of Feist’s dictionary, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 322
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 128