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▪ I. † speir1 Obs.
Forms: 4 speyr(e, 4–5 speire.
[ad. OF. espeir(e espeire.]
Hope; expectation.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 6476 Þy sone ys now yn þe same speyre; he shal nat þenk þat he shal deye. c1330― Chron. Wace (Rolls) 5790 To haue a lord þey were in speyr. c1400St. Alexius (MS. Laud 622) 1030 To þi comyng was al my speire, To haue ymade of þee myne eire.
▪ II. † speir2 Obs. rare.
Also 5 speyr.
[Aphetic f. despeir despair n.]
Despair; despondency.
13..Eufrosyne 9 in Hortsm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 174 Þis mon was sori and in gret speir, For he hedde of his bodi non heir. 14..Tundale's Vis. 1008 Tundale feld a stynkyng ayr, Then of his lyffe he was in speyr.
▪ III. speir
var. speer v.1; obs. Sc. f. sphere.
▪ IV. speir(e
obs. ff. spear n.1 |