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to speir in Scots means to ask about something or enquire about something. As in "He came in to speir about whether or not we intended to go to the party.'
Speir may refer to:
- Dona Speir (born 1964), American model
- H. C. Speir (1895-1972), American record store owner
- Rupert Speir (1910-1998), British Conservative Party politician
Usage examples of "speir".
I write and speir him oot to Stanecross to advise wi my father aboot Isy?
He came out of the wood an hour syne stottering like a palsied man, and all bloody about the forehead, and before we could speir who he was he spins round like a peery and goes off into a dwam.
George Douglas came to pass the time of day and speir whether I knew my friend Master Ballagh was the sensation of Rouen.
Ye may fancy, sir, what a stound I got, but I just spoke the kimmer civil, and speired for mair.
I write and speir him oot to Stanecross to advise wi my father aboot Isy?
Someone got the bright idea to march him over to the company orderly room and turn him in at rifle point to Captain Speirs.
They held together, most of all in those awful shellings in the woods of Bastogne and at that critical moment in the attack on Foy before Speirs replaced Dike.