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spae

[ spey ]
/ speɪ /
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verb (used with object), spaed, spae·ing.Chiefly Scot.
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
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Origin of spae

1250–1300; Middle English span<Old Norse spā

OTHER WORDS FROM spae

spaer, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for spae

spae
/ (speɪ) /

verb
Scot to foretell (the future)

Word Origin for spae

C14: from Old Norse
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