spae
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of spae
1250–1300; Middle English span < Old Norse spā
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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
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
Mother! mother! do not spae sorrow to your own child.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Thy mother's gone abroad to spae, Her kindly milk thou shalt enjoy When home she comes at close of day.
From Romano Lavo-Lil: word book of the Romany; or, English Gypsy language by Borrow, George Henry
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
The death of woe, spaed long ago, They’ll wreak on him now, I reckon.
From The Songs of Ranild by Wise, Thomas James
I see a heron from the marsh go sailing in the sky, The purple moor is like a dream, a star is twinkling clear— Perhaps the meeting that she spaed is drawing very near!
From Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Crawford, Isabella Valancy
I know the old wife spaed me true, for did she not fore-tell I'd break a ring with Ronald Grey beside the Hidden Well?
From Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems by Crawford, Isabella Valancy
It was common for coy damsels and staid matrons to wend their way to Lizzie's cot about twilight, to have their fortunes spaed.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist
“When I was but a little child, To me ’twas spaed that a knight should come From foreign land, should Allevod slay, And to England’s realm should bear me home. p.
From Ermeline a ballad by Borrow, George Henry
Olaf fell a-longing to test the spaeing of this man.
From Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age by Leighton, Robert
For the first time he spoke of the weird-wife's spaeing.
From The Path of the King by Buchan, John
"I think nae mair on't, man—sir, I mean, for ye proved yoursel' a gentleman to me afore—than I do now in spaeing twins to your wife at her next doun-lying."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander
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