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spaed

spaed is the simple past and past participle of spae.

Meaning of spae

Verb

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

  1. (Scotland, archaic) To divine; foretell.
    • A mermaid from the water rose,
      And spaed Sir Sinclair ill.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 242

Questions about spaed

What is spaed the simple past and past participle of?
Spaed is the simple past and past participle of spae.

Words near spaed in the dictionary

  1. Spady
  2. Spadys
  3. spae
  4. spae-craft
  5. spaecraft
  6. spaed
  7. spaedom
  8. spaeing
  9. spaeman
  10. spaemen
  11. spaer

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