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silvern [sil-vern] ExamplesWord Origin adjective Archaic.
- made of or like silver.
Origin of silvern before 900; Middle English silver(e)n, selvern, Old English seolfren, seolfern. See silver, -en2 Examples from the Web for silvern Historical Examples of silvern
No stone nor brick was seen except in this silvern frosty color.
Emerson Hough
Clear, frail and silvern the words fell from Mireille’s lips.
Annie Vivanti
Much the same as the English ‘Speech is silvern, silence is golden.’
English As We Speak It in Ireland
P. W. Joyce
There’s an auld sayin’ that speech is silvern, but silence is gowden.
Wilson’s Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21
Alexander Leighton
Black against the silvern patch, I saw him emerge—and look up.
Sax Rohmer
British Dictionary definitions for silvern silvern adjective
- archaic, or poetic silver
Word Origin and History for silvern adj.
Middle English silveren, from Old English seolfren “made of silver;” see silver (n.) + -en (2). Cf. German silbern, Dutch zilveren. Fallen from use in English except in poetry.