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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As the Swiss inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden,—"Speech is silvern, Silence is golden;" or, as I might rather express it, Speech is of Time, Silence is of Eternity.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
THE silvern mistress of the golden Sun, The milk-white sister to the wine-red Earth, My lord still smiles upon me, nor will shun My face for hers of younger, fairer birth.
From The Masque of the Elements by Scheffauer, Herman George
The tone was the faintest of whispers, but the voice was as if the silvern echoes of heavenly harps had suddenly been wafted to the listener’s anxious ear.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
Let the wind's soft silvern whispers sound And ring his coat of mail around, His battle-spurs amid the fight!
From Poems of Emile Verhaeren by Verhaeren, Emile
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
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