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morgenstern Antiq.|ˈmɔːgənstɜːn|
Also 7 morgan sterne, 9 morgenstiern.
[a. Ger. morgenstern, lit. ‘morning star’, f. morgen morn + stern star.]
A club with a head set with spikes: = morning star 2.
1637R. Monro Exped. i. 65 One of our souldiers shewing them over the worke, a Morgan sterne. 1868Archæol. Jrnl. XXV. 141 As for huge two-handed swords, morgensterns, partizans,..the walls are loaded with them. 1889Doyle Micah Clarke 37 Pike or half-pike, morgenstiern, and halbert. |