spaewife
/ (ˈspeɪˌwəɪf) /
nounplural -wives
a woman who can supposedly foretell the future
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How to use spaewife in a sentence
For a long period almost every one, far and near, knew her as a spaewife of no ordinary knowledge.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantNow Thorveig the spaewife went to see Holmgang Bersi and told him her trouble.
The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald | UnknownSo they turned to Thorveig the spaewife's farmsteading, and found that Bersi was gone aboard her boat.
The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald | UnknownI feel ashamed of myself for ever daring to think I'm ill-used when I think of my spaewife grandmother!
Captivity | M. Leonora EylesIt was a good thing Jean was not there or she would have driven her away as a spaewife.
Captivity | M. Leonora Eyles
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