From Middle English sylveren, selverne, from Old English seolfren, from Proto-Germanic *silubrīnaz; equivalent to silver + -en.

• (America) IPA: /ˈsɪlvɚn/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɪlvən/

silvern (not comparable)

1. (literary) Made of silver; or resembling or characteristic of silver; silvery.
   • 1885, Robert Bird, Law Lyrics, page 31:

     I know a pool, where shadows fall
     From fir-trees, melancholy tall,
     That dream and quiver round the rim,
     And in the molten centre swim,
     Where taper tops do all unite
     Bemirrored in its silvern light.