speir
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of speir
Old English spyrian to seek after, search for
Example Sentences
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Or maybe I should speir what he did....
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
My mither bid me go and speir after Norman’s little laddie.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
"An' what for, gien I may mak bold to speir, sir?" she went on.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various
I would like fine to see yon French nobleman, Davie; and I daresay you could find an employ to yoursel’, and that would be to speir at the lassie for some news of your affair.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
He had only a question to speir at me.
From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by Edwards, G. H. (George Henry)
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