steren

Cornish

Etymology

From ster (“stars”) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈstɛrɛn]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈstɛrɐn]

Noun

steren f (plural sterennow or sterednow)

1. singulative of ster (“stars”)

Middle English

Verb

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.