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wyvern

Meaninga serpent, viper, esp

Common meaning: heraldic dragon with two legs and wings

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchwivre‘a serpent, viper, esp’source
  2. Frenchwivre‘a viper’source
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsa viper → serpentwivere‘serpent’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsserpent → heraldic dragon with two legs and wingswyvern‘heraldic dragon with two legs and wings’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old French wivre ‘a serpent, viper, esp’.

Roots

  • wivre Old French “a serpent, viper, esp”

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