"spae" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: spaes [present, singular, third-person], spaeing [participle, present], spaed [participle, past], spaed [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots spae. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|spae}} Scots spae Head templates: {{en-verb}} spae (third-person singular simple present spaes, present participle spaeing, simple past and past participle spaed)
  1. (Scotland) To divine; foretell. Tags: Scotland Synonyms: spay Derived forms: spae-craft, spaeman, spaewife
    Sense id: en-spae-en-verb-HNmxZ~jD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Scottish English, Middle English links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant target parameters: 52 34 14

Verb [Scots]

IPA: [spe], [spoː] [Insular-Scots] Forms: spaes [present, singular, third-person], spaein [participle, present], spaed [past], spaed [participle, past]
Etymology: From Northern Middle English spā, from Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spehōną (“to observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål spå. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|spa|spā}} Middle English spā, {{der|sco|non|spá||to foretell, prophesy}} Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), {{der|sco|gem-pro|*spahōną}} Proto-Germanic *spahōną, {{m|gem-pro|*spehōną||to observe}} *spehōną (“to observe”), {{der|sco|ine-pro|*speḱ-||to look}} Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”), {{cog|nb|spå}} Norwegian Bokmål spå Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|spaes|present participle|spaein|simple past|spaed|past participle|spaed|head=}} spae (third-person singular simple present spaes, present participle spaein, simple past spaed, past participle spaed), {{sco-verb|spaes|spaein|spaed|spaed}} spae (third-person singular simple present spaes, present participle spaein, simple past spaed, past participle spaed)
  1. to prophesy, foretell, predict, tell fortunes
    Sense id: en-spae-sco-verb-YHfJ5Osn Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 72 28
  2. to anticipate, wish, have ambitions for
    Sense id: en-spae-sco-verb-0MH14COV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spay Derived forms: spae-craft (english: the art of predicting the future), spaedom (english: prophecy, fortunetelling), spae-folk (english: sorcerers, wizards), spaeman (english: fortuneteller, diviner, prophet), spaer (english: fortuneteller, soothsayer), spae-trade (english: the practice of fortune-telling, prophecy), spae-wark (english: prognosticating, prophesying, soothsaying), spaewife (english: female fortuneteller), spae-woman (english: female fortuneteller)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for spae meaning in All languages combined (5.0kB)

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