The fact that there were Anglo-Saxon words meaning ship-star and lodestar is also evidence that the Pole Star was used to steer by, at any rate by the ninth century.
Imbangi yokuba babe ziAnglo-Saxon amazwi athetha ukuthi inkwenkwezi yenqanawa kwakunye nenkwenkwezi ekhokela inqanawa ikwabubungqina ukuba incam yomntla yayisetyenziselwa ukuqhuba, nakowuphina umlinganiselo ngenkulungwane yesithoba.