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spaeing

spaeing is the present participle and gerund 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 spaeing

What is spaeing the present participle and gerund of?
Spaeing is the present participle and gerund of spae.

Words near spaeing in the dictionary

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

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