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wyver

wyver is the obsolete form of wyvern.

Meaning of wyvern

Noun

wyvern (plural wyverns)

  1. A draconian creature possessing wings, only two legs and usually a barbed tail.
    • [I]f (notwithstanding his obligations to the three ermines passant) he sometimes cursed in his heart the jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its moldwarps, its wyverns, and its dragons, with all the bitterness of Hotspur himself, there were moments when these communications interested his fancy and...1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], “Castle-Building”, in Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], 2nd edition, volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London...

Proper noun capitalized: Wyver

Wyver

  1. A surname

Forms of wyver

pluralwyvers

Questions about wyver

What does wyver mean?
Wyver means a surname.
What is wyver the obsolete form of?
Wyver is the obsolete form of wyvern.
What part of speech is wyver?
Wyver is a proper noun.

Words near wyver in the dictionary

  1. Wytrychowskis
  2. Wytrzyszczka
  3. wyueles
  4. Wyuna
  5. Wyuna East
  6. wyver
  7. wyvern
  8. wyverns
  9. wyvers
  10. wyves
  11. Wywoda

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