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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Soliman the Magnificent set out from Constantinople in the spring of 1526 with a mighty host, which came nearer and nearer to Hungary like the "wasting levin."
From Round About the Carpathians by Crosse, Andrew F.
Odin’s shafts of ruddy levin Back from thy hard sides are driven; Never sun thy snow dispels.
From The Death of Balder by Borrow, George Henry
Upon my heart It lay a heavy hour: features like thine Should glow with other message than the shine Of the earth-burrowing levin, and the start That cleaveth horrid gulfs!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
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
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
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