spere

English

Noun

spere (plural speres)

  1. (architecture) The fixed structure between the great hall and the screens passage in an English medieval timber house.

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru.

Noun

spere f, n

  1. spear, lance
  2. spearman, lancer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: speer
  • Limburgish: spaer

Further reading

  • “spere, sperre”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “spere (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English spere, from Proto-Germanic *speru.

Alternate forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛːr(ə)/

Noun

spere (plural speres or sperren)

  1. A spear or lance.
  2. (Christianity) The Lance of Longinus.
  3. A barb or point.
  4. A spearman; a soldier who wields a spear.
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

From Old French sphere, from Latin sphaera, from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra).

Alternate forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspeːr(ə)/, /ˈspɛːr(ə)/

Noun

spere (plural speres)

  1. (astronomy) The cosmos, outer space
  2. A globe or sphere representing outer space.
  3. (astronomy) The supposed outer sphere of the cosmos, the primum mobile.
  4. sphere, ball, a spherical object.
Descendants
References

Etymology 3

From Medieval Latin spera.

Alternate forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛːr(ə)/

Noun

spere (plural speres)

  1. partition, divider
Descendants
References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *speru, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-. Cognate with Old High German sper (German Speer), West Frisian spear, Dutch speer, Old Norse spjör.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspere/

Noun

spere n (nominative plural speoru)

  1. spear, lance, pike, javelin

Declension

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Descendants

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈspere]

Verb

spere

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of spera.
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of spera.
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