æfenglom
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæː.fenˌɡloːm/, [ˈæː.venˌɡloːm]
Usage notes
In Bede & al., distinguished as the earlier part of the evening (crepusculum) as opposed to evening proper (ǣfen), during which the planets and stars became visible.
Hypernyms
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǣfenglōm”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- "Anglo-Saxon Manual of Astronomy", p. 6, in Popular Treatises on Science Written during the Middle Ages (1841), London: Historical Society of Science.
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