[Sca-librarians] "wyvern"

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Per your request.-- Galefridus Peregrinuswyvern  1. Her. A
representation of a chimerical animal imagined as a winged dragon with
two feet like those of an eagle, and a serpent-like, barbed tail.

1610 J. GUILLIM Heraldry III. xxvi. 182 So doth the Wiuerne partake of a Fowle in the Wings and Legs,..and doth resemble a Serpent in the Taile. 1682 J. GIBBON Introd. ad Lat. Blazoniam 123 This Dragon hath but two Legs, and so is the same with our Wiverne. 1716 S. KENT Gramm. Her. s.v. Drake, He beareth Argent, a Wivern, his Wings displaid and Tail nowed Gules. 1780 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 2) V. 3605/2 A Wivern volant Bendways Sable. Ibid., A Wyvern with a human Face. 1822 GAGE Hengrave 38 A squirrel..impaling a coat argent, on a chevron, between three wyvern's heads. 1864 BOUTELL Her. Hist. & Pop. x. 68 Two Wyverns also support the shield of the Duke of Rutland. 1882 CUSSANS Her. (1893) 100 The wings of the Dragon..and Wyvern are always represented as addorsed.

attrib. 1688 HOLME Armoury II. 214/1 He beareth Vert,..a Wivern-Wolf. Ibid., He beareth Azure, a Wivern-Serpent, Or.
    b. An image or figure of this monster.

1863 Chr. Remembrancer Oct. 436 The
name of S. Romanus..is still dear to the boys and girls of Norman
villages by sundry processions of dragons, wyverns,..made of
combustibles. 1864 TENNYSON Aylmer's F. 17 Sir Aylmer Aylmer, that almighty man..Whose blazing wyvern weathercock'd the spire. Ibid. 516 The manorial lord..Burst his own wyvern on the seal, and read..a letter from his child.
    2. Such a monster conceived as having a real existence.

?a1700 in Surtees Hist. Durham (1823) III. 243 Sir John Conyers, Knt., slew yt monstrous, and poysonous vermine or wyverne, an aske or werme, wh[ich] overthrew and devoured many people in fight. 1820 SURTEES Ibid. II. 172 [He] goes forth to slay wolf, bear, or wivern. 1835 BROWNING Paracelsus II. 454 Lakes which..Blaze like a wyvern flying round the sun. 1869 Tales fr. Blackwood XV. 74 As if she had been a Wyvern or a Gorgon.----- Original Message -----From: SNSpies at aol.comDate: Monday, May 4, 2009 9:41 amSubject: [Sca-librarians] "wyvern"To: sca-librarians at lists.gallowglass.org> Hi, folks.> > Could some dear person with an OED to hand please tell me the > definition of > "wyvern"?  I would, as always, be deeply grateful.  Thanks.> > Nancy / Ingvild> **************Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find a florist > near you now. > (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000006)> 
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