speer

== English == === Alternative forms === spear, sper, spere, speir, spire, spyrr === Etymology === From Middle English spuren, from Old English spyrian, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with German spüren, Danish spørge, Norwegian Bokmål spørre, Swedish spörja. === Pronunciation === Homophone: spear === Verb === speer (third-person singular simple present speers, present participle speering, simple past and past participle speered) (archaic, Scotland) to ask, to inquire ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “speer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === prees, peers, Reeps, spere, esper, Prees, Peres, pères, Perse, Spree, spree, Esper, Peers, per se, Serpe, perse == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch spēre, from Old Dutch *speru, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru. === Pronunciation === === Noun === speer f (plural speren, diminutive speertje n) spear Synonyms: spies, lans, geer Hyponyms: slagspeer, steekspeer, werpspeer Meronyms: schacht, speerpunt ==== Meronyms ==== schacht speerpunt ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Papiamentu: sper == Middle English == === Noun === speer alternative form of spere (“spear”)