silvernadj.

/ˈsɪlvən/

Forms: α. Old English seol(o)fren, seolfryn, selfren, Middle English selvren; Old English seolfern, Middle English seoluern, Middle English seluern. β. Old English syl(o)fren, silfren, Middle English sylvryn; Middle English syl-, silueren(e, Middle English cilueryn, silueryn, siluern(e, 1500s–1600s silverne, 1500s– silvern.

Etymology: Old English seolfren , silfren , etc., = Old Frisian selvirn , Middle Dutch sil- , selverijn , sulveren (Dutch zilveren , dialect zulveren ), Old Saxon silu- , siloƀrin (Middle Low German sulveren , Low German sülvern , silvern ), Old High German silbarîn , silberîn (German silbern ), Gothic silubreins : see silver n. and adj. and -en suffix⁴.

Now poetic and archaic.

a. Made of silver; consisting of silver.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > silver > made of silver

silvernc888

silver1032

argentinea1538

α.

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxiv. §8 Þa gyldenan stanas, & þa seolfrenan.

a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 29 Aug. Hi plegodon mid gyldenum applum on selfrenum disce.

a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1070 Hi namen þære twa gildene scrines & ix seolferne.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11369 Þa bollen seoluerne mid wine iuulled.

c1285 in Anglia IV. 194 Mid selvrene stikke me shal gold graven.

c1350 Leg. Rood 29 Þat he wuste bi þe seluerne byȝe.

β. a1000 Boeth. Metr. xxi. 21 Gylden maðm, sylofren sincstan.1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xlv. 22 To Beniamyn he ȝaf thre hundryd silueren pens.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6145 Þe folk of israel to boru Asked silueren vessel sere.1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 42 My Sylvryn Gyrdyll to Thomas Pertnale.1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 26/3 In the which wound, we must impose a silvern or goulden pipe.1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale vii. 227 White silverne swoord, and in his hand a pike.1863 A. B. Grosart Small Sins (ed. 2) 37 Not a bell, silvern or golden, but was ‘holy’.1897 F. Thompson New Poems 70 Make me chainlets, silvern, golden.figurative.1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. iii, in Fraser's Mag. June 668/1 As the Swiss Inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden (Speech is silvern, Silence is golden).1868 Silent Hour i. 4 Speech is, after all, not the silvern but the golden thing, when rightly used.

b. silvern wedding n. = silver wedding (silver n. and adj. Compounds 2).

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > at which guests contribute money

penny-bridal1599

silver bridal1624

penny wedding1672

silver-marriage1825

penny wedder1866

silvern wedding1880

1880 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 5/4 Silvern Weddings are celebrations of tolerably frequent occurrence nowadays.

2. Silver-coloured. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > silvery

whiteOE

silverc1405

silverish1530

argentine1578

argenta1593

silver-coloured1594

silver-white1598

silver-like1611

silvery1611

argenteous1881

silvern1885

1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 815/2 Silvern as a silver bream.

1885 O. Crawfurd Woman's Reputation i The little Ring~wood brook.., a silvern thread amid the green meadow-land.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	silvern
释义	silvernadj. /ˈsɪlvən/ Forms: α. Old English seol(o)fren, seolfryn, selfren, Middle English selvren; Old English seolfern, Middle English seoluern, Middle English seluern. β. Old English syl(o)fren, silfren, Middle English sylvryn; Middle English syl-, silueren(e, Middle English cilueryn, silueryn, siluern(e, 1500s–1600s silverne, 1500s– silvern. Etymology: Old English seolfren , silfren , etc., = Old Frisian selvirn , Middle Dutch sil- , selverijn , sulveren (Dutch zilveren , dialect zulveren ), Old Saxon silu- , siloƀrin (Middle Low German sulveren , Low German sülvern , silvern ), Old High German silbarîn , silberîn (German silbern ), Gothic silubreins : see silver n. and adj. and -en suffix⁴. Now poetic and archaic. 1. a. Made of silver; consisting of silver. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > precious metal > [adjective] > silver > made of silver silvernc888 silver1032 argentinea1538 α. c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxiv. §8 Þa gyldenan stanas, & þa seolfrenan. a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 29 Aug. Hi plegodon mid gyldenum applum on selfrenum disce. a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1070 Hi namen þære twa gildene scrines & ix seolferne. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11369 Þa bollen seoluerne mid wine iuulled. c1285 in Anglia IV. 194 Mid selvrene stikke me shal gold graven. c1350 Leg. Rood 29 Þat he wuste bi þe seluerne byȝe. β. a1000 Boeth. Metr. xxi. 21 Gylden maðm, sylofren sincstan.1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xlv. 22 To Beniamyn he ȝaf thre hundryd silueren pens.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6145 Þe folk of israel to boru Asked silueren vessel sere.1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 42 My Sylvryn Gyrdyll to Thomas Pertnale.1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 26/3 In the which wound, we must impose a silvern or goulden pipe.1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale vii. 227 White silverne swoord, and in his hand a pike.1863 A. B. Grosart Small Sins (ed. 2) 37 Not a bell, silvern or golden, but was ‘holy’.1897 F. Thompson New Poems 70 Make me chainlets, silvern, golden.figurative.1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. iii, in Fraser's Mag. June 668/1 As the Swiss Inscription says: Sprechen ist silbern, Schweigen ist golden (Speech is silvern, Silence is golden).1868 Silent Hour i. 4 Speech is, after all, not the silvern but the golden thing, when rightly used. b. silvern wedding n. = silver wedding (silver n. and adj. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > [noun] > manner of marrying > at which guests contribute money penny-bridal1599 silver bridal1624 penny wedding1672 silver-marriage1825 penny wedder1866 silvern wedding1880 1880 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 5/4 Silvern Weddings are celebrations of tolerably frequent occurrence nowadays. 2. Silver-coloured. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > silvery whiteOE silverc1405 silverish1530 argentine1578 argenta1593 silver-coloured1594 silver-white1598 silver-like1611 silvery1611 argenteous1881 silvern1885 1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 815/2 Silvern as a silver bream. 1885 O. Crawfurd Woman's Reputation i The little Ring~wood brook.., a silvern thread amid the green meadow-land. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.c888
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