Definify.com
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.
Definition 2024
spere
spere
English
Noun
spere (plural speres)
- (architecture) The fixed structure between the great hall and the screens passage in an English medieval timber house.
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)
Descendants
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈspere]
Verb
spere
- third-person singular subjunctive form of spera.
- third-person plural subjunctive form of spera.