speeringn.

Etymology: < speer v.¹ Compare spurring n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspeering.

Scottish and northern dialect.

1. The action of questioning or inquiring; interrogation, inquiry.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun]

askingeOE

speeringa1100

frayninga1300

questionc1384

inquiringc1386

inquirance1412

inquirea1500

inquiry1565

sciscitation1618

questioninga1635

enquestiona1641

querying1652

popping1710

inquiration1789

a1100 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses 132/1 Adinuentionum, gesmeangum, spyrungum, axungum.

a1300 Cursor Mundi 27280 In spiring loke þe preist be sli.

c1440 York Myst. xxxiii. 64 For any spirringes in þat space no speche walde he spell.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 568 Efter the mete sone rais the king, Quhen he had lewyt hys speryng.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12093 He besit hym barly þe burde forto seche,..Till he aspiet hir..by speryng of othir.

1552–3 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 137 Anent the spering..of every wrang sen the peax bigane.

1816 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1850) II. 77 I..went through a great deal of speering and hand~shaking.

1892 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 51 He used to reply to his son's eager ‘speerings’ by such admissions as ‘That I do not know’ [etc.].

2. Information obtained by inquiry. Also plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > [noun] > obtained by inquiry

speering1487

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 490 He..lay still in the castell than, Till he gat spering at a man Of carrik.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 232 Ony of the hill-folk he could get speerings of.

1829 W. Scott Waverley (new ed.) II. i. 5 If it please my Creator, I will forthwith obtain speirings thereof.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	speering
释义	speeringn. Etymology: < speer v.¹ Compare spurring n.²Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspeering. Scottish and northern dialect. 1. The action of questioning or inquiring; interrogation, inquiry. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > [noun] askingeOE speeringa1100 frayninga1300 questionc1384 inquiringc1386 inquirance1412 inquirea1500 inquiry1565 sciscitation1618 questioninga1635 enquestiona1641 querying1652 popping1710 inquiration1789 a1100 in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses 132/1 Adinuentionum, gesmeangum, spyrungum, axungum. a1300 Cursor Mundi 27280 In spiring loke þe preist be sli. c1440 York Myst. xxxiii. 64 For any spirringes in þat space no speche walde he spell. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 568 Efter the mete sone rais the king, Quhen he had lewyt hys speryng. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12093 He besit hym barly þe burde forto seche,..Till he aspiet hir..by speryng of othir. 1552–3 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 137 Anent the spering..of every wrang sen the peax bigane. 1816 T. Chalmers Let. in W. Hanna Mem. T. Chalmers (1850) II. 77 I..went through a great deal of speering and hand~shaking. 1892 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 51 He used to reply to his son's eager ‘speerings’ by such admissions as ‘That I do not know’ [etc.]. 2. Information obtained by inquiry. Also plural. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > [noun] > obtained by inquiry speering1487 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 490 He..lay still in the castell than, Till he gat spering at a man Of carrik. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xi. 232 Ony of the hill-folk he could get speerings of. 1829 W. Scott Waverley (new ed.) II. i. 5 If it please my Creator, I will forthwith obtain speirings thereof. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.a1100
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