silvern

[ sil-vern ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Archaic.

silvern

/ ˈsɪlvən /

Origin of silvern¹

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

A marvellous scent rose from her silvern raiment as she moved, and beauty was wafted from her eyes.

Two other priests drew a silvern thurible upon wheels down the length of the temple and around each of its columns.

She fled before him into the thickest part of the forest, but the silvern glimmer of her body showed the track she had taken.

Let the wind's soft silvern whispers sound And ring his coat of mail around, His battle-spurs amid the fight!

On the other hand the Indian and Irish systems begin with the Silvern or white lunar period.

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