wivre

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Old French

Alternative forms

guivere, guivre, huivre, vivre, vyvre, wivere, wyvre

Etymology

Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French form of guivre, from Latin vīpera. See English viper and French vipère.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwi.vrə/

Noun

wivre oblique singular, f (oblique plural wivres, nominative singular wivre, nominative plural wivres)

any of various types of snake, viper
beam, girder

Descendants

French: guivre, vouivre (from variant forms)
→ English: weever
→ Middle English: wyver, wyvere
- ⇒ English: wyvern
- ⇒ Spanish: guiverno
Portuguese: guivra

Further reading

guivre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
“wīver, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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