OriginFrom Middle English spuren, from Old English spyrian, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with German spüren, Danish spørge, Norwegian Bokmål spørre, Swedish spörja.
- A surname.
- A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois.
- A railroad location in Laramie County, Wyoming.
- Scotland, archaicto ask, to inquire
“Afore lang days, I hope to see him here, / About his milkness and his cows to speer.”
“"A town ca'd Glasgow!" echoed Andrew Fairservice. "Glasgow's a ceety, man.—And is't the way to Glasgow ye were speering if I ken'd?[…]"”
FormsSpeers(plural) · speers(present, singular, third-person) · speering(participle, present) · speered(participle, past) · speered(past) · spear(alternative) · sper(alternative) · spere(alternative) · speir(alternative) · spire(alternative) · spyrr(alternative)