spae

[ spey ]

/ speɪ /

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

to prophesy; foretell; predict.

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Which of the following bird names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?

owl

crow

piranha

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Words nearby spae

spadger, spadiceous, spadille, spadix, spado, spae, spaetzle, spaewife, spag, spaghetti, spaghetti junction

Origin of spae

1250–1300; Middle English span < Old Norse spā

OTHER WORDS FROM spae

spa·er, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for 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

/ (speɪ) /

verb

Scot to foretell (the future)

Word Origin for spae

C14: from Old Norse

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