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The stars of the constellation Ursa Minor, the Lesser Bear. (See Bere.) The septem referred to the seven ploughing oxen (L. triones), the seven stars near the North Pole, hence the adj. septentrionalis, ME septemtryoun, northern.
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Subjects: Literary Studies (Early and Medieval).
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