_The Sun feminine in English_.--It has been often remarked, that
the northern nations made the sun to be feminine.[3] Do any of your
readers know any instances of the _English_ using this gender of the
sun? I have found the following:--
"So it will be at that time with the sun; for though _she_ be the
brightest and clearest creature, above all others, yet, for all that
Christ with His glory and majesty will obscure _her."--Latimer's
Works_, Parker Soc. edit. vol. ii. p. 54.
"Not that the sun itself, of _her_ substance, shall be darkened; no,
not so; for _she_ shall give _her_ light, but it shall not be seen
for this great light and clearness wherein our Saviour shall
appear."--(Ib. p. 98.)