spiern.

/ˈspʌɪə/

Forms: Middle English spiare, Middle English spiere, Middle English–1600s, 1800s spier; Middle English spyere, Middle English spyar, spyour, Middle English, 1800s spyer.

Etymology: < spy v. + -er suffix¹, or < Old French espierre, espieur (modern French épieur), whence also Middle Dutch spierre, spiere, spier (later spieder).

One who spies or spies out; an espier; a spy.

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > spy or scout

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c1275 Laȝamon Brut 1488 Spiares he sende to þis kinges ferde, to witen of his farecostes, ware he wolden fihte. Þeos spiares verden, & sone aȝein comen.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 150 For prest is a spyere in his castel, to loke ofer perels of schepe.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Esdras viii. 31 The hond of oure God..deliuerede vs fro the hond of the enemy and of the spiere in the weie.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xi. xii. (Tollem. MS.) Myste is frende to þeuis and euel doares, for he hideþ here spieris and waytynges.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxvii. 102 He sente wacchemen & spyeris to fecche him.

1490 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 173 Johne Hammilton callit Master Spyar.

1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 305 Giffin to the Maister Spyour.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xiii. 25 These terrene and base gods [sc. Satyrs] being conuersant with mans affaires, and spiers out of all their secret faults.

1621 R. Bolton Statutes Ireland 70 Upon paine of forfeiture of the said wares,..halfe to the King, and the other halfe to the spier and finder of the same.

a1861 A. H. Clough Dipsychus ii. iv, in Lett. & Remains (1865) 184 I let them slip, Like an unpractised spyer through a glass.

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

单词	spier
释义	spiern. /ˈspʌɪə/ Forms: Middle English spiare, Middle English spiere, Middle English–1600s, 1800s spier; Middle English spyere, Middle English spyar, spyour, Middle English, 1800s spyer. Etymology: < spy v. + -er suffix¹, or < Old French espierre, espieur (modern French épieur), whence also Middle Dutch spierre, spiere, spier (later spieder). One who spies or spies out; an espier; a spy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > spy or scout showerOE spierc1275 aspy1297 overlookerc1484 spial1548 scout1585 speculationa1616 spion1615 spotter1867 spot1893 c1275 Laȝamon Brut 1488 Spiares he sende to þis kinges ferde, to witen of his farecostes, ware he wolden fihte. Þeos spiares verden, & sone aȝein comen. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 150 For prest is a spyere in his castel, to loke ofer perels of schepe. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Esdras viii. 31 The hond of oure God..deliuerede vs fro the hond of the enemy and of the spiere in the weie. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xi. xii. (Tollem. MS.) Myste is frende to þeuis and euel doares, for he hideþ here spieris and waytynges. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xxvii. 102 He sente wacchemen & spyeris to fecche him. 1490 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 173 Johne Hammilton callit Master Spyar. 1496 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 305 Giffin to the Maister Spyour. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xiii. 25 These terrene and base gods [sc. Satyrs] being conuersant with mans affaires, and spiers out of all their secret faults. 1621 R. Bolton Statutes Ireland 70 Upon paine of forfeiture of the said wares,..halfe to the King, and the other halfe to the spier and finder of the same. a1861 A. H. Clough Dipsychus ii. iv, in Lett. & Remains (1865) 184 I let them slip, Like an unpractised spyer through a glass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1275
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