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Silver of Guthrum, or Guthram’s Lane

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Fine silver; so called because in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the principal gold- and silver-smiths resided there.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Silver-hand
Silver Lining
Silver Pheasant (A)
Silver Spoon
Silver Star of Love (The)
Silver Streak (The)
Silver-Tongued
Silver Trumpet (A)
Silver Weapon
Silver Wedding
Silver of Guthrum, or Guthram’s Lane
Silverside of Beef (The)
Simeon (St.)
Similes
Similia Similibus Curantur
Simmes Hole
Simnel Cakes
Simon (St.)
Simon Magus
Simon Pure
Simony