Dictionary entry

Spere

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Spere (?), v. i. [AS. spyrian to inquire, properly, to follow the track; akin to D. speuren, G. spüren, Icel. spyrja. √171. See Spoor.] To search; to pry; to ask; to inquire. [Written also speer, speir.] Jamieson.