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"(obsolete) sphere"
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"expansion": "German spüren",
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"2": "spörja"
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"expansion": "Swedish spörja",
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"ref": "1778, Alexander Ross, Helenore: Or, The Fortunate Shepherdess, page 87",
"text": "Afore lang days, I hope to see him here, / About his milkness and his cows to speer.",
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"to ask, to inquire"
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"text": "Afore lang days, I hope to see him here, / About his milkness and his cows to speer.",
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