An archaic or poetic word for lightning or a lightning bolt.
From Old English 'leofn' or Old Norse 'leifn,' related to Germanic words for light and fire. The word was common in Middle English poetry but became archaic by the modern era, surviving mainly in literary contexts.
Medieval poets loved 'levin' because it's a short, punchy word that sounds almost like the crack of lightning itself—you see it everywhere in old ballads and Shakespearean plays where modern writers would just say 'lightning.'
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