A Scottish and Northern English dialect word meaning to ask, inquire, or question someone.
From Old English 'speran,' related to Germanic roots meaning to ask or inquire. It's primarily preserved in Scottish English dialects and is less common in modern standard English.
Scots and Northern English speakers still use 'speer' in everyday speech, making it a 'living fossil' of English—a word that hung on in regional dialects after disappearing from formal speech hundreds of years ago.
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