silvern

American  

[sil-vern] / ˈsɪl vərn /

adjective

Archaic.

1. made of or like silver.

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silvern British  

/ ˈsɪlvən /

adjective

1. archaic silver

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Etymology

Origin of silvern

before 900; Middle English silver ( e ) n, selvern, Old English seolfren, seolfern. See silver, -en ²

Example Sentences

"Speech is silvern, but silence is golden," is an old and very precious proverb.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 by Various

There's an auld sayin' that speech is silvern, but silence is gowden.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander

Where blue mists gather beneath the moon     It shows as a silvern stream.

From The Dales of Arcady by Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una

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

Now, as they look up, lo! the silvern orb is half covered with a black shadow.

From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram