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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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“Gie’s your loof,9 hinny,” says she, “and let me spae your weird to ye.”

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

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

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

I daur you try sic sportin’, As seek the foul Thief onie place, For him to spae your fortune: Nae doubt but ye may get a sight!

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

That ye like weel, an wad his fortune learn, I shall employ the farthest o' my skill, To spae it faithfully, be't good or ill.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert

I daur you try sic sportin, As seek the foul thief ony place, For him to spae your fortune: Nae doubt but ye may get a sight!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

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