Infinitive
speir
Participles
| Present | speirin |
| Past | speirt |
Present
speirs
Past
speirt; spure
Verbs conjugated like speir
speir,
Etymology
From Old English spyrian, from Proto-Germanic *spurjaną. Cognate with German spüren, Swedish spörja, Danish spørge. See: Old English '
spyrian', Proto-Germanic '
*spurjaną', German, old spelling '
spüren', Swedish '
spörja', Danish '
spørge'.
Verbs referencing "speir"
German, old spelling
spüren, Swedish
spörja, Norwegian, nynorsk
spørja.
Translations
ask, request an answer
ask, make a request