speer

See also: Speer

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• speir
• spere

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

speer (plural speers)

1. (obsolete) sphere

Etymology 2Edit

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

VerbEdit

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

1. (Scotland) to ask, to inquire

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for speer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

AnagramsEdit

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

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DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch spēre, from Old Dutch *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

speer f (plural speren, diminutive speertje n)

1. spear
2. javelin

SynonymsEdit

• (spear): spies, lans, geer

MeronymsEdit

• schacht
• speerpunt

Derived termsEdit

• speerpunt