speir
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of speir
Old English spyrian to seek after, search for
Example Sentences
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Ye come to me to speir for her?
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
Not a doubt of it, Mrs. Butler; my poor aid is quite at your service: but had n't we best, first of all, speir a bit, and see what the lad thinks of it?
From Tony Butler by Charles James Lever
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 the bond, John—did ye speir about the bond?"
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
Deil speed them that speir, and ken fu' weel.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
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