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
Oh, the warriors girt with swords good for slashing, Like the levin, when they drew them, outflashing!
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Reynold Nicholson
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
His brow it was like the flat of a sword, And levin the glance of his side.
From Helen Redeemed and Other Poems by Maurice Henry Hewlett
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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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