wivre

Old French

Alternative forms

• guivre (influenced by Germanic)
• huivre
• vivre
• wyvre

Etymology

Old Northern French. From Latin vīpera. See English viper, and the modern French vipère.

Noun

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

1. any of various types of snake

Descendants

• French: guivre, vouivre (from variant forms)
• → English: weever
• → Middle English: wyvere
  • ⇒ English: wyvern
  • ⇒ Spanish: guiverno