wyvern : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wyvern	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for wyvern
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wyvern n a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs Synonym(s): wyvern, wivern
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wiver \Wiv"er\, Wivern \Wiv"ern\, n. [OE. wivere a serpent, OF. wivre, guivre, F. givre, guivre, wiver, from L. vipera; probably influenced by OHG. wipera, from the Latin. See {Viper}, and cf. {Weever}.] 1. (Her.) A fabulous two-legged, winged creature, like a cockatrice, but having the head of a dragon, and without spurs. [Written also {wyvern}.] The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, and its dragons. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The weever.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wyvern \Wy"vern\, n. (Her.) Same as {Wiver}.