Obs. rare. Also 5 speyr. [Aphetic f. despeir DESPAIR sb.] Despair; despondency.
13[?]. Eufrosyne, 9, in Horstm., Altengl. Leg. (1878), 174. Þis mon was sori and in gret speir, For he hedde of his bodi non heir.
14[?]. Tundale’s Vis., 1008. Tundale feld a stynkyng ayr, Then of his lyffe he was in speyr.
