speir
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of speir
Old English spyrian to seek after, search for
Example Sentences
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"Oh, whan will ye be back," sae kindly did she speir, "Oh, whan will ye be back, my hinny and my dear?"
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
About yon blissfu' bowers above Let doubtfu' mortals speir; Sae weel ken we that "heaven is love," Since love makes heaven here.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
If ony body speir at ye, say ye dinna ken.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
A' that may be true," rejoined Mary; "but what, if I may speir, has gi'en sic a kirkyard turn to your conversation the day?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
Na, if Marget doesna tell me naething, am no the kind to speir naething, an' though I'll be at the kirk the morn, I winna turn my heid to look at the mournin'.
From A Window in Thrums by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
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