speerings

plural noun

speer·​ings

ˈspērə̇nz,

-riŋz

: news, tidings

Word History

Etymology

Middle English (Scots) speringes, spiringes, plural of spering, spiring inquiry, information obtained by inquiry, from gerund of speren, spiren to inquire

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