spere
English
Etymology
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Noun
spere (plural speres)
- (architecture) The fixed structure between the great hall and the screens passage in an English medieval timber house.
Anagrams
- Esper, Peers, Perse, Prees, Reeps, Spree, esper, peers, per se, perse, pères, speer, spree
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German sperren, from Old High German sperran (“to put up rafters, beams; to barricade”), from sper (“spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru.
Verb
spere
- (Uri) to block, to bar
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 64.
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *speru, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru.
Noun
spere f or n
- spear, lance
- spearman, lancer
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: speer
- Limburgish: spaer
Further reading
- “spere, sperre”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “spere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English spere, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru.
Alternative forms
- spære, spear, speer, sper, sperre
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɛːr(ə)/
Noun
spere (plural speres or sperren)
- A spear or lance.
- (Christianity) The Lance of Longinus.
- A barb or point.
- A spearman; a soldier who wields a spear.
Derived terms
- spere-hed
- spere schaft
- sperwort
Descendants
- English: spear
- Scots: spere, speir
References
- “spēre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old French sphere, from Latin sphaera, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra).
Alternative forms
- sper, sphere, spire
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspeːr(ə)/, /ˈspɛːr(ə)/
Noun
spere (plural speres)
- (astronomy) The cosmos, outer space
- A globe or sphere representing outer space.
- (astronomy) The supposed outer sphere of the cosmos, the primum mobile.
- sphere, ball, a spherical object.
Descendants
- English: sphere
- Scots: sphere, spere
References
- “spẹ̄re, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.
Etymology 3
From Medieval Latin spera.
Alternative forms
- sperre, spure
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɛːr(ə)/
Noun
spere (plural speres)
- partition, divider
Descendants
- English: spere
References
- “spēr(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.
Noun
spere
- Alternative form of sparre
Verb
spere
- Alternative form of sparren (“to close”)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-. Cognate with West Frisian spear, Dutch speer, Old High German sper (German Speer), Old Norse spjǫr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspe.re/
Noun
spere n (nominative plural speoru)
- spear, lance, pike, javelin
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | spere | speru |
accusative | spere | speru |
genitive | speres | spera |
dative | spere | sperum |
Descendants
- Middle English: spere, spear
- English: spear
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈspere]
Verb
spere
- third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of spera