Meaning & use
levin
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an old, poetic word for lightning or a flash of light.
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The poem describes a sky split by sudden levin.
Levin flashed across the darkened moor in the old ballad.
A note on using this word
Levin is archaic and appears mainly in older poetry and literature; it is essentially never used in modern conversational English.
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