English

Verb

spae ‎(third-person singular simple present spaes, present participle spaeing, simple past and past participle spaed)

1. (Scotland) To divine; foretell

Related terms

• spaewife

Anagrams

• apes
• apse
• peas

Scots

Alternative forms

• spay

Etymology

From Northern Middle English spā, from Old Norse spá ‎(“to foretell, prophesy”), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną ‎(“to observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‎(“to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spe]
• (Insular Scots) IPA^(key): [spoː]

Verb

spae ‎(third-person singular present spaes, present participle spaein, past spaed, past participle spaed)

1. to prophesy, foretell, predict, tell fortunes
2. to anticipate, wish, have ambitions for

Derived terms

• spaecraft
• spaefowk
• spaeman ‎(“seer”)
• spaewife ‎(“female fortune teller”)