† sparvern.

Forms: α. Middle English spervyr, spervier, speruer, Middle English–1600s (1800s) sperver, 1500s spurver. β. Middle English–1600s (1800s) sparver, Middle English Scottish sparwort, 1500s sparuiour, sparuer, sparvill, 1500s–1600s sparvar.

Etymology: < Old French espervier (esprevier ) ‘l'ensemble des pièces qui composent le coucher’ (1380 in Godefroy), = obsolete Italian sparviere , -eri , -ero . The forms are those of the Old French and Italian names for the sparrow-hawk (see sperver n.), but the connection is not obvious.

Obsolete.

a. A canopy for a bed (or cradle).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > canopy

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bed-tester1704

headpiece1759

toldo1772

α.

1440–1 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 627 Et solut. pro 1 sperver empt. apud London pro d'no Priore.

1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 129 Sperver of rede damask with curtyns of sarsynett.

1501 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 91 It[em] a sperver of sylke.

1519 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) I. 106 A sperver of whyte with a coverlete.

β. 1444 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 112 A sparver w^t coueryn of lynnyn clothe.1473–4 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 41 For iiij½ elne of tartar for a sparwort abone his creddil.1494 in Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 390 The parlement chambre, where wer..beddes wiche hadden sparvers.1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xviii. f. 167^v Some haue curteynes: some sparuers aboute the bedde to kepe awey gnattis.1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso v. 39 A happie woman..hath as quiet sleeps..in a bed of cloth as vnder a sparuer of tissue.a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1615) sig. A4^v At home in silken sparuers, beds of Down, We scant can rest.1641 Inventory of Tort Hall in Burlington Mag. (1911) Nov. 100/1 A greate Sparver round about over the Bed.

b. figurative and transferred.

ΚΠ

c1640 A. Townshend Poems & Masks (1912) 24 Thy sparver a well tufted tree, Ore heaven itselfe, thy canopy.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 449/2 The several names given to these Moveing Houses... A Tent, or a Sperver. A Hutt. A Booth [etc.].

c. attributive, as sparver bed, sparver curtain, sparver tester. Also in combinations, as sparver-wise adv.

ΚΠ

1475 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 251 A white bedde made sparverwyse.

1501 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 135 vj payre shetes wyth the sparver curtanys of dornykes.

1596 in Unton Inventories (1841) 4 j sparvill tester of silk.

1610 Althorp MS. in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) App. p. ii One half hed bedsted for a sparvar bed.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Parement Lict de parement,..a bed of State, or, a great Sparuer bed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sparver
释义	† sparvern. Forms: α. Middle English spervyr, spervier, speruer, Middle English–1600s (1800s) sperver, 1500s spurver. β. Middle English–1600s (1800s) sparver, Middle English Scottish sparwort, 1500s sparuiour, sparuer, sparvill, 1500s–1600s sparvar. Etymology: < Old French espervier (esprevier ) ‘l'ensemble des pièces qui composent le coucher’ (1380 in Godefroy), = obsolete Italian sparviere , -eri , -ero . The forms are those of the Old French and Italian names for the sparrow-hawk (see sperver n.), but the connection is not obvious. Obsolete. a. A canopy for a bed (or cradle). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > bedding > [noun] > canopy sperverc1330 testerc1380 canopya1382 sparver1440 shadow1604 bed-tester1704 headpiece1759 toldo1772 α. 1440–1 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 627 Et solut. pro 1 sperver empt. apud London pro d'no Priore. 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 129 Sperver of rede damask with curtyns of sarsynett. 1501 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 91 It[em] a sperver of sylke. 1519 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) I. 106 A sperver of whyte with a coverlete. β. 1444 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 112 A sparver w^t coueryn of lynnyn clothe.1473–4 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 41 For iiij½ elne of tartar for a sparwort abone his creddil.1494 in Lett. Rich. III & Hen. VII (Rolls) I. 390 The parlement chambre, where wer..beddes wiche hadden sparvers.1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xviii. f. 167^v Some haue curteynes: some sparuers aboute the bedde to kepe awey gnattis.1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso v. 39 A happie woman..hath as quiet sleeps..in a bed of cloth as vnder a sparuer of tissue.a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1615) sig. A4^v At home in silken sparuers, beds of Down, We scant can rest.1641 Inventory of Tort Hall in Burlington Mag. (1911) Nov. 100/1 A greate Sparver round about over the Bed. b. figurative and transferred. ΚΠ c1640 A. Townshend Poems & Masks (1912) 24 Thy sparver a well tufted tree, Ore heaven itselfe, thy canopy. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 449/2 The several names given to these Moveing Houses... A Tent, or a Sperver. A Hutt. A Booth [etc.]. c. attributive, as sparver bed, sparver curtain, sparver tester. Also in combinations, as sparver-wise adv. ΚΠ 1475 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 251 A white bedde made sparverwyse. 1501 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 135 vj payre shetes wyth the sparver curtanys of dornykes. 1596 in Unton Inventories (1841) 4 j sparvill tester of silk. 1610 Althorp MS. in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) App. p. ii One half hed bedsted for a sparvar bed. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Parement Lict de parement,..a bed of State, or, a great Sparuer bed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1440
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