silvern

[ sil-vern ]

/ ˈsɪl vərn /

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adjective Archaic.

made of or like silver.

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Origin of silvern

before 900; Middle English silver(e)n, selvern,Old English seolfren, seolfern.See silver, -en²

Words nearby silvern

silver lining, silverly, silver maple, silver medal, silver mound, silvern, silver nitrate, silver paper, silver perch, silver plate, silverpoint

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How to use silvern in a sentence

A marvellous scent rose from her silvern raiment as she moved, and beauty was wafted from her eyes.
Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica|Homer and Hesiod
Two other priests drew a silvern thurible upon wheels down the length of the temple and around each of its columns.
Sulamith: A Romance of Antiquity|Alexandre Kuprin
She fled before him into the thickest part of the forest, but the silvern glimmer of her body showed the track she had taken.
Legends & Romances of Brittany|Lewis Spence
Let the wind's soft silvern whispers sound And ring his coat of mail around, His battle-spurs amid the fight!
Poems of Emile Verhaeren|Emile Verhaeren

On the other hand the Indian and Irish systems begin with the Silvern or white lunar period.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for silvern

silvern

/ (ˈsɪlvən) /

adjective

archaic, or poetic silver

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