speir
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of speir
Old English spyrian to seek after, search for
Example Sentences
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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 Lever, Charles James
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)
Or maybe I should speir what he did....
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
"Gey an' often: Bell's an auld friend o' my mither's, and I run over to speir for her aye when I've time."
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
Deil speed them that speir, and ken fu' weel.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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