speer

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   in Scots and northern English, to ask, inquire, or seek information

   The sailors tried to speer where the strange passenger had gone.

A Scots and northern English form continuing Middle English spuren and Old English spyrian ("to seek after, investigate"), from a Germanic verb also represented by German spüren and Scandinavian verbs meaning "to ask" or "to trace." Speir is a common variant spelling.

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