Levin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈlɛvɪn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Levin is a noun meaning (poetic) Lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light.
Meaning
(poetic) Lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, archaic, poetic) To strike, as lightning.
Example Sentences
And forth rith al so leuin fares.
Never, elsewhen, from heaven when all serene / Fell there more levin-bolts; nor flamed so oft / Comets with curses fraught.
Tremendous bursts of electric discharge levined through the clouds or lit up their under surfaces and all the rain-soaked earth, […]
His soul was like the night around us now, dark, and sultry, and silent, but lighted up by the red levin of wrath and torn by the bellowings of thunder-passion.
Word Forms
- levins
- levining
- levined
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lightning, lee, epstein, fulmination, flash, bolt.
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