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speir

speir


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Speir  \Speir\,  v.  i. 
  To  ask  See  {Spere}.  --Sir  W.  Scott. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spere  \Spere\,  v.  i.  [AS.  spyrian  to  inquire,  properly,  to 
  follow  the  track;  akin  to  D.  speuren  G.  sp["u]ren,  Icel. 
  spyrja  [root]171.  See  Spoor.] 
  To  search;  to  pry;  to  ask  to  inquire.  [Prov.  Eng.  &  Scot.] 
  [Written  also  {speer},  {speir}.]  --Jamieson.