esprevier

== Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French esprevier. === Noun === esprevier m (plural espreviers) sparrowhawk ==== Descendants ==== French: épervier === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “espervier”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Old French == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *sparwari (“sparrowhawk”), from Frankish *sparwarī (“sparrowhawk”). === Noun === esprevier oblique singular, m (oblique plural espreviers, nominative singular espreviers, nominative plural esprevier) sparrowhawk ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: esprevierFrench: épervier → Middle English: sperver, sparver, sparvour, spavore, spervere, sprever, sprevereEnglish: sparver (obsolete) === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “espervier”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.