sylveren

Middle English

Alternative forms

silveren, sylverene, silverene, sylveryn, silveryn, silverin, silverine, silvern, silverne, sylvryn, seluerene, selvern, selverne, selfern, selfurn, selvrene, seoluerne, seolferne, seolfrene

Etymology

From Old English silfren, seolfren, seolfern, re-formed in analogy to silver.

Adjective

sylveren

Formed from silver.
Silver-coloured.

Descendants

English: silvern

Noun

sylveren pl

(collectively) Items made of silver, such as dishes.

References

“silveren, (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 April 2018.

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