n. [from Lat. sericum], silk, Rm. 31; hárit fagrt sem silki, Nj. 2, Orkn. (in a verse); rautt s., Bær. 19: a nickname, silki-auga, silki-skegg, Nj., Fms.

B. As adjective, made of silk, silken; silki-band, silki-dregill, a silk-ribbon, Fms. iv. 110, xi. 2, Edda 20; silki-blaka, a silken veil, Fas. iii. 336; silki-bleikr, ‘silk-bleak,’ light-coloured, flaxen; hárit silkibleikt, Fms. vii. 55; fjögur merhross silkibleik, Fas. iii. 39; silki-borða or -borði, a silken brim, D. N.; silki-dúkr, a silken napkin, Fms. i. 112, Orkn. 304: = altaris-dúkr, an altar-cloth, Vm. 80, Symb. 26; silki-dýna, a silk-pillow, Karl.; silki-júpr (hjúpr), a silken jacket, Fms. vii. 69, x. 415; silki-hlað, a silk-ribbon worn round the head, Nj. 184, Dipl. iii. 4; silki-húfa, a silk-cap, Fms. ii. 264; silki-hökull, a cope of silk, Vm. 117; silki-klútr, a silk-kerchief, Fas. iii. 266; silki-klæði, silk-cloth, Greg. 22, MS. 623. 20; silki-koddi, a silken pillow, cushion. Fms. ix. 477, Dipl. iii. 4, Vm. 58; silki-kult, a silken quilt, Eb. 258, Mar.; silki-kyrtill, a silken kirtle. Fms. ii. 309, Bær. 4; silki-merki, a banner cf silk, belonging to church furniture, Jm. 10; silki-möttull, a silk-mantle. Fms. x. 268; silki-parlak, mod. sparlak, a silken bed-cover, D. N.; silki-pell, a silken pall, Str. 3; silki-pungr, a silk-purse, Ám. 42, Dipl. iii. 4; silki-reifar, silken swaddling-clothes, Fagrsk.; silki-ræma, a silken, ribbon, Edda 19; a silken garter, Fms. iv. 110, Hkr. ii. 105, Bjarn. 64; süki-saumaðr, embroidered with silk, Dipl, vi. 440, Vm. 46, Pm. 12; silki-síma, a silken cord, Lex. Poët.; silki-serkr, a silken sark, Fms. iii. 125, ix. 477; silki-skaut, a ‘silken-sheet,’ napkin, D. N.; silki-skyrta, a silken shirt, Fms. x. 383, Fs. 6; silki-slæður, a silken gown, Fg. 702, silken scarf (?), Nj. 190; suki-strengr, a silken cord, Karl. 42; silki-sæng, a silken bed, Fas. i. 508; silki-treyja, a silken jacket, Fms. xi. 271, Nj. 125, Skíða R. 186; silki-þráðr, a silk-thread, Fas. i. 508, Stj. 191; silki-ver, a silken case, D. N., Mag.