spae
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of spae
1250–1300; Middle English span < Old Norse spā
Example Sentences
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Mother! mother! do not spae sorrow to your own child.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Dinna spae ill-fortune!" said the baker, "dinna spae ill-fortune!
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
I'm now an auld man, and may be removed before the woes come to pass; but it requires not the e'e of prophecy to spae bloodshed and suffering, and many afflictions in your fortunes.
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John
I'm a safe carle, and can spae fortunes as well as blaw up thae green bags wi' thriftless wind.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
That ye like weel, an wad his fortune learn, I shall employ the farthest o' my skill, To spae it faithfully, be't good or ill.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
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