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<DIV>Thanks, everyone!</DIV>
<DIV>How very odd that this creature is not mentioned until the 17th century
when, pictorially, it shows up waaaaay before that.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Nancy/Ingvild</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 5/4/2009 10:03:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
galefridus@optimum.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Per your
request.<BR><BR>-- Galefridus Peregrinus<BR><BR><FONT size=5><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">wyvern</SPAN></FONT><BR><BR>
<!--start_def--><A name=50288408-m1></A><B>1.</B> <I>Her.</I> 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.<!--end_def-->
<DIV class=qt><A name=50288408q1></A><!--start_q--><NOBR><B><!--start_ed--><!--start_d-->1610<!--end_d--><!--end_ed--></B></NOBR>
<!--start_ea--><!--start_a--><A
title=http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-g2.html#j-guillim
href="http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-g2.html#j-guillim" target=oedbib
color="#002653"><FONT color=#002653><!--open_smallcaps-->J.
G<SMALL>UILLIM</SMALL><!--close_smallcaps--></FONT></A><!--end_a--><!--end_ea-->
<I><!--start_ew--><!--start_w-->Heraldry<!--end_w--><!--end_ew--></I> <!--open_smallcaps--><SMALL>III</SMALL>.<!--close_smallcaps--> xxvi. 182 <!--start_qt-->So doth the Wiuerne partake of a Fowle in the Wings and
Legs,..and doth resemble a Serpent in the Taile.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--> <A
name=50288408q2></A><!--start_q--><NOBR><B><!--start_d-->1682<!--end_d--></B></NOBR>
<!--start_a--><!--open_smallcaps-->J. G<SMALL>IBBON</SMALL><!--close_smallcaps--><!--end_a-->
<I><!--start_w-->Introd. ad Lat. Blazoniam<!--end_w--></I> 123
<!--start_qt-->This Dragon hath but two Legs, and so is the same with our
Wiverne.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--> <A
name=50288408q3></A><!--start_q--><NOBR><B><!--start_d-->1716<!--end_d--></B></NOBR>
<!--start_a--><!--open_smallcaps-->S. K<SMALL>ENT</SMALL><!--close_smallcaps--><!--end_a--> <I><!--start_w-->Gramm.
Her.<!--end_w--></I> s.v. <I>Drake</I>, <!--start_qt-->He beareth Argent, a
Wivern, his Wings displaid and Tail nowed Gules.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--> <A
name=50288408q4></A><!--start_q--><NOBR><B><!--start_d-->1780<!--end_d--></B></NOBR>
<I><!--start_w-->Encycl. Brit.<!--end_w--></I> (ed. 2) V. 3605/2 <!--start_qt-->A Wivern volant Bendways Sable.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--> <A
name=50288408q5></A><!--start_q--><I><!--start_w-->Ibid.<!--end_w--></I>, <!--start_qt-->A Wyvern with a human Face.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--> <A
name=50288408q6></A><!--start_q--><NOBR><B><!--start_d-->1822<!--end_d--></B></NOBR>
<!--start_a--><A title=http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-g.html#gage
href="http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-g.html#gage" target=oedbib
color="#002653"><FONT color=#002653><!--open_smallcaps-->G<SMALL>AGE</SMALL><!--close_smallcaps--></FONT></A><!--end_a-->
<I><!--start_w-->Hengrave<!--end_w--></I> 38 <!--start_qt-->A
squirrel..impaling a coat argent, on a chevron, between three wyvern's heads.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--> <A name=50288408q7></A><!--start_q--><NOBR><B><!--start_d-->1864<!--end_d--></B></NOBR>
<!--start_a--><A title=http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-b3.html#boutell
href="http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-b3.html#boutell" target=oedbib
color="#002653"><FONT
color=#002653><!--open_smallcaps-->B<SMALL>OUTELL</SMALL><!--close_smallcaps--></FONT></A><!--end_a-->
<I><!--start_w-->Her. Hist. & Pop.<!--end_w--></I> x. 68
<!--start_qt-->Two Wyverns also support the shield of the Duke of Rutland.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--> <A
name=50288408q8></A><!--start_q--><NOBR><B><!--start_d-->1882<!--end_d--></B></NOBR>
<!--start_a--><A title=http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-c4.html#cussans
href="http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-c4.html#cussans" target=oedbib
color="#002653"><FONT
color=#002653><!--open_smallcaps-->C<SMALL>USSANS</SMALL><!--close_smallcaps--></FONT></A><!--end_a-->
<I><!--start_w-->Her.<!--end_w--></I> (1893) 100 <!--start_qt-->The wings of
the Dragon..and Wyvern are always represented as addorsed.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--></DIV>
<DIV class=qt><I>attrib.</I> <A name=50288408q9></A><!--start_q--><NOBR><B><!--start_d-->1688<!--end_d--></B></NOBR>
<!--start_a--><A title=http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-h3.html#holme
href="http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-h3.html#holme" target=oedbib
color="#002653"><FONT color=#002653><!--open_smallcaps-->H<SMALL>OLME</SMALL><!--close_smallcaps--></FONT></A><!--end_a-->
<I><!--start_w-->Armoury<!--end_w--></I>
<!--open_smallcaps--><SMALL>II</SMALL>.<!--close_smallcaps--> 214/1 <!--start_qt-->He beareth Vert,..a Wivern-Wolf.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--> <A
name=50288408q10></A><!--start_q--><I><!--start_w-->Ibid.<!--end_w--></I>, <!--start_qt-->He beareth Azure, a Wivern-Serpent, Or.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--></DIV><A name=50288408def2></A>
<P> <!--start_def--><A name=50288408-m1.b></A><B>b.</B>
An image or figure of this monster.<!--end_def--> </P>
<DIV class=qt><A
name=50288408q11></A><!--start_q--><NOBR><B><!--start_d-->1863<!--end_d--></B></NOBR>
<I><!--start_w-->Chr. Remembrancer<!--end_w--></I> Oct. 436 <!--start_qt-->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.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--> <A
name=50288408q12></A><!--start_q--><NOBR><B><!--start_d-->1864<!--end_d--></B></NOBR>
<!--start_a--><A title=http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-t.html#tennyson
href="http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-t.html#tennyson" target=oedbib
color="#002653"><FONT
color=#002653><!--open_smallcaps-->T<SMALL>ENNYSON</SMALL><!--close_smallcaps--></FONT></A><!--end_a-->
<I><!--start_w-->Aylmer's F.<!--end_w--></I> 17 <!--start_qt-->Sir Aylmer
Aylmer, that almighty man..Whose blazing wyvern weathercock'd the spire.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--> <A name=50288408q13></A><!--start_q--><I><!--start_w-->Ibid.<!--end_w--></I> 516 <!--start_qt-->The manorial lord..Burst his own wyvern on the seal, and
read..a letter from his child.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--></DIV><A
name=50288408def3></A>
<P> <!--start_def--><A name=50288408-m2></A><B>2.</B>
Such a monster conceived as having a real existence.<!--end_def--> </P><A
name=50288408q14></A><!--start_q-->
<DIV class=qt><NOBR><B><!--start_d-->?<I>a</I>1700<!--end_d--></B></NOBR> in
Surtees <I><!--start_w-->Hist. Durham<!--end_w--></I> (1823) III. 243 <!--start_qt-->Sir John Conyers, Knt., slew y<SUP><SMALL>t</SMALL></SUP>
monstrous, and poysonous vermine or wyverne, an aske or werme, wh[ich]
overthrew and devoured many people in fight.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--> <A
name=50288408q15></A><!--start_q--><NOBR><B><!--start_d-->1820<!--end_d--></B></NOBR>
<!--start_a--><A title=http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-s5.html#surtees
href="http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-s5.html#surtees" target=oedbib
color="#002653"><FONT
color=#002653><!--open_smallcaps-->S<SMALL>URTEES</SMALL><!--close_smallcaps--></FONT></A><!--end_a-->
<I><!--start_w-->Ibid.<!--end_w--></I> II. 172 <!--start_qt-->[He] goes forth
to slay wolf, bear, or wivern.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--> <A
name=50288408q16></A><!--start_q--><NOBR><B><!--start_d-->1835<!--end_d--></B></NOBR>
<!--start_a--><A
title=http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-b4.html#browning
href="http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-b4.html#browning" target=oedbib
color="#002653"><FONT
color=#002653><!--open_smallcaps-->B<SMALL>ROWNING</SMALL><!--close_smallcaps--></FONT></A><!--end_a-->
<I><!--start_w-->Paracelsus<!--end_w--></I>
<!--open_smallcaps--><SMALL>II</SMALL>.<!--close_smallcaps--> 454 <!--start_qt-->Lakes which..Blaze like a wyvern flying round the sun.<!--end_qt--><!--end_q--> <A name=50288408q17></A><!--start_q--><NOBR><B><!--start_d-->1869<!--end_d--></B></NOBR>
<I><!--start_w-->Tales fr. Blackwood<!--end_w--></I> XV. 74 <!--start_qt-->As
if she had been a Wyvern or a Gorgon.</DIV><BR><BR>----- Original Message
-----<BR>From: SNSpies@aol.com<BR>Date: Monday, May 4, 2009 9:41
am<BR>Subject: [Sca-librarians] "wyvern"<BR>To:
sca-librarians@lists.gallowglass.org<BR><BR>> Hi, folks.<BR>> <BR>>
Could some dear person with an OED to hand please tell me the <BR>>
definition of <BR>> "wyvern"? I would, as always, be deeply grateful.
Thanks.<BR>> <BR>> Nancy / Ingvild<BR>> **************Remember Mom
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