spae

[spey]

verb (used with object), spaed, spae·ing. Chiefly Scot.

to prophesy; foretell; predict.

Origin of spae

1250–1300; Middle English span < Old Norse spā

Related formsspa·er, noun

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Historical Examples of spae

And now some o' ye maun lay down your watch, and tell me the very minute o' the hour the wean's born, an I'll spae its fortune.'
Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated
Sir Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for spae

spae

verb

Scot to foretell (the future)

Word Origin for spae

C14: from Old Norse

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