"silver" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsilvər/, /ˈsɛlvər/ Forms: silvers [plural]
Etymology: From Old English seolfor, seolofor (“silver”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|enm|ang|seolfor}} Old English seolfor Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} silver, {{enm-noun}} silver (plural silvers)
  1. silver (metal) Categories (topical): Metals Synonyms: selver, seolver, sulver, sylver Related terms: sylveren
    Sense id: en-silver-enm-noun-UAYLVKeJ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 5 1 1 3 0 1 5 4 4 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 19 16 13 16 1 1 0 1 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 1 0 4 0 1 6 5 5 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 18 15 12 15 0 1 0 1 0 1

Alternative forms

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