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.