levin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of levin
1200–50; Middle English levene, obscurely akin to Gothic lauhmuni (akin to Latin lūmen light)
Example Sentences
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Avengingly our from the cloud Come the levin, the bolt, and the ball!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 329, March, 1843 by Various
The clouds grew dark and the wind grew loud, And the levin filled her ee; And waesome wail'd the snow-white sprites Upon the gurlie sea.
From The Children's Garland from the Best Poets by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
Hurling like slanted rain, the lurid levin Fell o'er that flight of Titans, and behind, In striding menace, all-victorious Jove Loomed like some craggy cloud with thunders crowned And footed with the winds.
From The Star-Treader and other poems by Smith, Clark Ashton
Nor need I wait for death, or for the levin In yonder cloud, to find the path to Heaven.
From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric
Every billow hurries quicker, Every surge runs up the strand; While the brindled eddies flicker, Scourged as with a levin brand.
From Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
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