Meanings
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having the white lustrous sheen of silver
The poem describes a silvern river under moonlight.
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· having the white lustrous...
silver
Etymology
From Middle English sylveren, selverne, from Old English seolfren, from Proto-Germanic *silubrīnaz (“made of silver”); equivalent to silver + -(e)n. Cognate with Dutch zilveren (“silvern”), German silbern (“silvern”).