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spere (plural speres)

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

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.

spere

  1. (Uri) to block, to bar

spere

  1. third-person singular future of seprat
    Synonym: sepere

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

spere f or n

  1. spear, lance
  2. spearman, lancer

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Inherited from Old English spere, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru.

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.

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

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

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.

From Medieval Latin spera.

spere (plural speres)

  1. partition, divider

spere

  1. Alternative form of sparre

spere

  1. Alternative form of sparren (to close)

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.

spere n (nominative plural speru)

  1. spear, lance, pike, javelin

Strong a-stem:

spere

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