esprevier

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French esprevier.

Noun

esprevier m (plural espreviers)

  1. sparrowhawk

Descendants

  • French: épervier

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (espervier, supplement)

Old French

Etymology

From Old Dutch *sparwari (“sparrowhawk”), from Frankish *sparwarī (“sparrowhawk”).

Noun

esprevier oblique singular, m (oblique plural espreviers, nominative singular espreviers, nominative plural esprevier)

  1. sparrowhawk

Descendants

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (espervier, supplement)
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