sperver
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French esprevier, from Old Dutch *sparwari (“sparrow-hawk”, literally “sparrow-eagle”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsperver (uncountable)
- sparrowhawk
- canopy (for a bed)
Descendants
edit- English: sparver (obsolete)
References
edit- “sperver, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “sperver, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.