Word info

speir

Speech parts

1. speir - Verb

2. Speir - Proper noun

Meaning

To ask. See Spere.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Examples

Sir, I wald speir at ȝow ane questioun. Behauld sum Prelats of this Regioun: Manifestlie during thair lustie lyvfis, Thay swyfe Ladies, Madinis and vther mens wyfis. And sa thair cunts thay haue in consuetude. Quhidder say ȝe that law is evill or gude? David Lyndsay

A man may speir the gate to Rome. Scottish Proverb

They are as wife, as speir not. Scottish Proverb

Speir at Jock-thief my marrow, if I be a leal man. Scottish Proverb

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