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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 this Mother's Day! Find a florist <br>> near you now. <br>> (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000006)<br>>