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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In the eyeholes of the skull two opals flamed with an evil levin.
From The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis
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 R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
The equinox of outraged earth shall blaze And flash its levin on your infamous might.
From Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers by Louis Raemaekers
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 Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
One youth who walked beside A ponderous load of sheaves, higher than wont, Which dared the lurking levin overhead, Woke with a start, falling against the wheel, That circled slow after the slumbering horse.
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 1 by George MacDonald
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