speir
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of speir
Old English spyrian to seek after, search for
Example Sentences
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My mither bid me go and speir after Norman’s little laddie.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Do your turn weel, and nane will speir what time ye took.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
He was in a lang time, but I never kent what he did, for the bairn juist aye greets when I speir at her.
From A Window in Thrums by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
Ye come to me to speir for her?
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Or maybe I should speir what he did....
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
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