silvern
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of silvern
before 900; Middle English silver ( e ) n, selvern, Old English seolfren, seolfern. See silver, -en 2
Example Sentences
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Thereat the morning's silvern light Flooded the bridal room.
From Songs and Satires by Masters, Edgar Lee
It was a great silvern column, four-square, rising from the sea.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)
Peace, then in all my borders be, Beneath the silvern olive tree.”
From Queen Summer or, The Tourney of the Lily and the Rose by Crane, Walter
She was such a pretty little girl, "fair, fair, with" not "golden," I should rather say, "silvern hair," so very pale were the soft silky locks that clustered round her little head.
From A Christmas Posy by Crane, Walter
She fled before him into the thickest part of the forest, but the silvern glimmer of her body showed the track she had taken.
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Spence, Lewis
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