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 f (oblique plural wivres, nominative singular wivre, nominative plural wivres)
- any of various types of snake
Descendants
- English: weever, wyvern (borrowed)
- French: guivre, vouivre (from variant forms)