gerfalcon

British  

/ -ˌfɔːkən, ˈdʒɜːˌfɔːlkən /

noun

1. a variant spelling of gyrfalcon

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Example Sentences

And lo! it was Lodbrok's gerfalcon; and pleased she was to see me once more, fluttering her wings and glancing at me while I smoothed and spoke to her.

From Wulfric the Weapon Thane by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

But Le Beau Disconus sent the white gerfalcon to King Arthur for a gift, and the king sent him a hundred pounds' weight of florins.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 4 by Patten, William

Good morrow, Sir Sanpeur, pray do you mark My new gerfalcon, from beyond the sea?

From Under King Constantine by Trask, Katrina

To Audubon's delight, it was that rare specimen, the gerfalcon, which had heretofore eluded all efforts of naturalists.

From Children's Stories in American Literature, 1660-1860 by Wright, Henrietta Christian

But pressing forward again, they came upon a gerfalcon lying, with long lunes tangled about his feet and through his breast the hole that Sir Dinar's bolt had made.

From Wandering Heath by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir