spere

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English

Etymology

Noun

spere (plural speres)

1. (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

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

spere f, n

1. spear, lance
2. spearman, lancer

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: speer
• Limburgish: spaer

Further reading

• “spere, sperre”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “spere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English spere, from Proto-Germanic *speru.

Alternate forms

• sperre, spære, speer, spear, sper

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛːr(ə)/

Noun

spere (plural speres or sperren)

2. A spear or lance.
3. (Christianity) The Lance of Longinus.
4. A barb or point.
5. A spearman; a soldier who wields a spear.

Descendants

• English: spear
• Scots: spere, speir

References

• “spēre (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 σφαῖρα (sphaîra).

Alternate forms

• sper, spire, sphere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspeːr(ə)/, /ˈspɛːr(ə)/

Noun

spere (plural speres)

1. (astronomy) The cosmos, outer space
2. A globe or sphere representing outer space.
3. (astronomy) The supposed outer sphere of the cosmos, the primum mobile.
5. sphere, ball, a spherical object.

Descendants

• English: sphere
• Scots: sphere, spere

References

• “spẹ̄re (n.(3))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.

Etymology 3

From Medieval Latin spera.

Alternate forms

• sperre, spure

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛːr(ə)/

Noun

spere (plural speres)

2. partition, divider

Descendants

• English: spere

References

• “spēr(e (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.

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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 spjör.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspere/

Noun

spere n (nominative plural speoru)

1. spear, lance, pike, javelin

Declension

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Descendants

• Middle English: spere, spear
  • English: spear

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspere]

Verb

spere

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of spera.
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of spera.