Halcyon

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 47
hal′si-un, n. the kingfisher, once believed to make a floating nest on the sea, which remained calm while it was hatching.— adj. calm: peaceful: happy—hence Halcyon-days , a time of peace and happine . [L.,—Gr., alkyōn ; as if hals , the sea, kye in , to conceive.]
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