Part 805 (2/2)

3. The place where the family sit at meat, S. B.

_Pop. Ball._

~Spens~, ~Spensar~, ~Spensere~, _s._ The clerk of a kitchen.

_Wyntown._

_To_ SPERE, SPEIR, SPYRE, _v. n._

1. To search out.

_Barbour._

A. S. _spyr-ian_, investigare.

2. To investigate.

_Barbour._

3. To ask, to inquire, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _spyr-ian_, Isl. _spyr-ia_, to inquire. In this general sense, it is used in various forms.

_To speir at_, to interrogate, S.

Isl. _spyr-ia ad_, id.

_To speir after_, to inquire for, S.

A. S. _spyrian aefter_.

_To spier for_, especially as denoting an inquiry concerning one's welfare, S.

_To speir about_, id. S.

~Speryng~, _s._ Information in consequence of inquiry.

_Barbour._

Teut. _speuringhe_, indagatio.

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