different between speir vs speer

Scots

Alternative forms

• speer

Etymology

From Old English spyrian, from Proto-Germanic *spurjan?. Cognate with German spüren, Swedish spörja, Danish spørge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spi?r/

Verb

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

1. to ask, inquire

Noun

speir (plural speirs)

1. inquiry, investigation
2. A person who is continually asking questions; a prying, inquisitive person

English

Alternative forms

• speir, spere

Etymology 1

See sphere.

Noun

speer (plural speers)

1. (obsolete) sphere

Etymology 2

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

Verb

speer (third-person singular simple present speers, present participle speering, simple past and past participle speered)

1. (Scotland) to ask, to inquire

Anagrams

• Esper, Peers, Perse, Spree, esper, peers, per se, perse, pères, spere, spree

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sp?re, from Old Dutch *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru.

Pronunciation

Noun

speer f (plural speren, diminutive speertje n)

1. spear
2. javelin

Synonyms

• (spear): spies, lans, geer

Meronyms

• schacht
• speerpunt

Derived terms

• speerpunt

Middle English

Noun

speer

1. Alternative form of spere (“spear”)