speir
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of speir
Old English spyrian to seek after, search for
Example Sentences
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Ye wad steal the pocks frae an auld wife, and syne speir where she got them.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
"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 Charles Rogers
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 J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
And what did he say to you, may I speir?...
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
My mither bid me go and speir after Norman’s little laddie.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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