selken

Middle English

Alternative forms

silken, silkyn, sylkyn, seolkene, sulkene

Etymology

From Old English seolcen, seolucen (“made of silk”); equivalent to selk +‎ -en.

Adjective

selken

Made of silk.

Descendants

English: silken
Scots: selkin, silkin

References

“silken, (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 May 2018.

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