speir
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of speir
Old English spyrian to seek after, search for
Example Sentences
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"Do not speir of me," she kept repeating.
From Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Or maybe I should speir what he did....
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
"How did you find all at Gawin's to-day, now when I have gotten time to speir?"
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by Hogg, James
Deil speed them that speir, and ken fu' weel.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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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