speir
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of speir
Old English spyrian to seek after, search for
Example Sentences
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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
And then he'll speir me how I came by it, and wherefore I kept it sae lang, and a' about it.
From Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success by Alger, Horatio
Then drew I near some tidings for to speir, And said, My friend, what makis thee sa way.
From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various
He’ll speir; an’ I, his mou’ to steik: “No’ bein’ fit to write in Greek, I wrote in Lallan, Dear to my heart as the peat-reek, Auld as Tantallon.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
He’s no’ lang deid neither, or ye could speir at himsel’.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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