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spae

American

[spey] / speɪ /

verb (used with object)

Chiefly Scot.

spaed, spaeing

to prophesy; foretell; predict.

spae British

/ speɪ /

verb

to foretell (the future)

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Other Word Forms

spaer

noun

Etymology

Origin of spae

1250–1300; Middle English span < Old Norse spā

Example Sentences

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She continued to twirl her distaff, seemingly unconscious of his presence, and also, after her own fashion, to "spae" the fortune of young Harry Bertram, just as Mannering had so lately been doing himself.

From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir

Gie’s your loof, hinny, and let Auld Merren spae it to ye bonny.”

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Mother! mother! do not spae sorrow to your own child.

From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

Well, Miriam, you used to spae fortunes for a living.

From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by Fleming, May Agnes

Dinna spae ill-fortune!" said the baker, "dinna spae ill-fortune!

From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas

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