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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It was here, not in the Berenice, that the levin must fall; and he, John Gilbart, held it in his fingers.
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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
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)
His clanging cord the archer drew, And swift the fiery arrows flew Fierce as the flashing levin sent By him who rules the firmament.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
O'er the Ocean's sounding deep Now they flash like fiery levin; Now at one vast bound they leap Up from earth into the Heaven.
From A Celtic Psaltery by Graves, Alfred Perceval
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