- speur
- the heaven, firmament, Irish speur, spéir; from the Late Latin spera, a hemisphere, circle (of each planet), celestial region, Latin sphaera, a sphere (whence the English), from Greek $$Gsfai$$npra, globe. Cf. Scottish spere, sphere, circle, "the speir of the moon".
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.