what is the name of the north star
In English, it was known as pole star or north star; in Spenser, also steadfast star. An older English name, attested since the 14th century, is lodestar guiding star, cognate with the Old Norse leiÃ°arstjarna, Middle High German leitsterne. Use of the name Polaris in English dates to the 17th century. It is an ellipsis for the Latin stella polaris pole star. Another Latin name is stella maris sea-star, which, from an early time, was also used as a title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, popularized in the hymn Ave Maris Stella (8th century).