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sir, search, Ir. sirim (sírim, Con.), E. Ir. sirim: *s(p)eri-, root sper, foot it; Norse spyrja, ask, track, Sc. spere, ask after, Ger. spüren, trace, track, also further Eng. spur; Lat. sperno (Eng. spurn allied), etc. The vowel of sir is short (otherwise