Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Old Northern French. From Latin vīpera. See English viper, and the modern French vipère.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

wivre oblique singularf (oblique plural wivres, nominative singular wivre, nominative plural wivres)

  1. any of various types of snake

Descendants edit

  • French: guivre, vouivre (from variant forms)
  • English: weever
  • Middle English: wyvere