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spere
English
Etymology
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Noun
spere (plural speres)
- (architecture) The fixed structure between the great hall and the screens passage in an English medieval timber house.
Anagrams
- Esper, Peers, Perse, Spree, esper, peers, per se, perse, pères, speer, spree
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German sperren, from Old High German sperran (“to put up rafters, beams; to barricade”), from sper (“spear”), from Proto-Germanic *speru.
Verb
spere
- (Uri) to block, to bar
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 64.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru.
Noun
spere f or n
- spear, lance
- spearman, lancer
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: speer
- Limburgish: spaer
Further reading
- “spere, sperre”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “spere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English spere, from Proto-Germanic *speru.
Alternative forms
- sperre, spære, speer, spear, sper
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp??r(?)/
Noun
spere (plural speres or sperren)
- A spear or lance.
- (Christianity) The Lance of Longinus.
- A barb or point.
- A spearman; a soldier who wields a spear.
Derived terms
- spere-hed
- spere schaft
- sperwort
Descendants
- English: spear
- Scots: spere, speir
References
- “sp?re, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.
Etymology 2
From Old French sphere, from Latin sphaera, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sphaîra).
Alternative forms
- sper, spire, sphere
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spe?r(?)/, /?sp??r(?)/
Noun
spere (plural speres)
- (astronomy) The cosmos, outer space
- A globe or sphere representing outer space.
- (astronomy) The supposed outer sphere of the cosmos, the primum mobile.
- sphere, ball, a spherical object.
Descendants
- English: sphere
- Scots: sphere, spere
References
- “sp??re, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.
Etymology 3
From Medieval Latin spera.
Alternative forms
- sperre, spure
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp??r(?)/
Noun
spere (plural speres)
- partition, divider
Descendants
- English: spere
References
- “sp?r(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.
Etymology 4
Noun
spere
- Alternative form of sparre
Etymology 5
Verb
spere
- Alternative form of sparren (“to close”)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *speru, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-. Cognate with Old High German sper (German Speer), West Frisian spear, Dutch speer, Old Norse spj?r.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spe.re/
Noun
spere n (nominative plural speoru)
- spear, lance, pike, javelin
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: spere, spear
- English: spear
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?spere]
Verb
spere
- third-person singular present subjunctive of spera
- third-person plural present subjunctive of spera
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sperge
English
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp??(?)d?/
Noun
sperge (plural sperges)
- (distilling) A charge of wash for the still.
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Anagrams
- repegs
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?rd?e
Verb
sperge
- third-person singular present indicative of spergere
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