speer
or speir, spier
[speer]
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verb (used with or without object)
Chiefly Scot. to ask; inquire.
Origin of speer
before 900; Middle English speren, spiren, Old English spyrian to make tracks, trace, ask about; cognate with German spüren, Old Norse spyrja to ask; akin to spoor
Speer
[speer; German shpeyr]
noun
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Examples from the Web for speer
Contemporary Examples of speer
Dr. Welner appears to be their star witness, although he might be eclipsed by the widow of Sgt. Speer.
Historical Examples of speer
Do I no ken a look like that when I speer it, and know that the Fates are to their wark.
The Mystery of the SeaBram Stoker
Speed; to "come speed" is to succeed.Speir, or speer; ask questions at.
Letters of Samuel RutherfordSamuel Rutherford
May I be sae bold, Mr. Keelevin, as to speer wha sent you here, at this time?
The EntailJohn Galt
Let's steer for it, Master West, and speer where she hails frae.
The Mystery of CloomberArthur Conan Doyle
Troth that I cannot tell you; for I never heard it, and forgot to speer.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 18Alexander Leighton