As for your seeing eight little wings clinging to his wings, this is the interpretation: See the comments on 2 Esd 11.3, 11. For the Revised Standard Version footnote on little wings, see 2 Esd 11.25. An alternative model for this verse is:

• “You saw eight little wings growing out from under the eagle’s other wings. Here is what that means:….

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Esdras. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2019. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.