spere
English
editEtymology
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Noun
editspere (plural speres)
- (architecture) The fixed structure between the great hall and the screens passage in an English medieval timber house.
Anagrams
editAlemannic German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German sperren, from Old High German sperran (“to put up rafters, beams; to barricade”), from sper (“spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru.
Verb
editspere
References
edit- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 64.
Czech
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editVerb
editspere
- third-person singular future of seprat
- Synonym: sepere
Middle Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Old Dutch *speru, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru.
Noun
editspere f or n
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “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
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old English spere, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru.
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editNoun
editspere (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
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “spēre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Old French sphere, from Latin sphaera, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra).
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editNoun
editspere (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
editReferences
edit- “spẹ̄re, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.
Etymology 3
editFrom Medieval Latin spera.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editspere (plural speres)
Descendants
edit- English: spere
References
edit- “spēr(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.
Etymology 4
editNoun
editspere
- Alternative form of sparre
Etymology 5
editVerb
editspere
- Alternative form of sparren (“to close”)
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-. Cognate with West Frisian spear, Dutch speer, Old High German sper (German Speer), Old Norse spjǫr.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspere n (nominative plural speru)
Declension
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editRomanian
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editVerb
editspere
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