speir

See also: Speir and spéir

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English spyrian, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with German spüren, Swedish spörja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /spiːr/

Verb

speir (third-person singular present speirs, present participle speirin, past speirt or spure, past participle speirt)

  1. to ask, inquire
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)
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