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Webster 1913 Edition


Spere

Spere

,
Verb.
I.
[AS.
spyrian
to inquire, properly, to follow the track; akin to D.
speuren
, G.
spüren
, Icel.
spyrja
. √171. See Spoor.]
To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
[Written also
speer
,
speir
.]
Jamieson.

Spere

,
Noun.
[See
Sphere
.]
A sphere.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


spere

spere

English

Noun

spere (plural speres)

  1. (architecture) The fixed structure between the great hall and the screens passage in an English medieval timber house.

Middle English

Noun

spere (plural speres)

  1. spear

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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.

Noun

spere n (nominative plural speoru)

  1. spear, lance, pike, javelin

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Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈspere]

Verb

spere

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