sperver

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sparver, sparvour, spavore, spervere, sprever, sprevere

Etymology

From Old French esprevier, from Old Dutch *sparwari (“sparrow-hawk”, literally “sparrow-eagle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛrˈveːr/, /ˈspɛrvər/, /ˈsparvər/, /ˈsprɛvər/

Noun

sperver (uncountable)

1. sparrowhawk
2. canopy (for a bed)

Descendants

• English: sparver (obsolete)

References

• “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.