Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word spaed.
Examples
-
I must tell thee that Njal has 'spaed' his fortune, and foretold about his life, if he slays more than once in the same stock, that it would lead him to his death, if it so fell out that he broke the settlement made after the deed.
The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown
-
“I hae it frae as sure a hand,” said Ailsie, “and frae them that spaed his fortune before the sark gaed ower his head.”
-
Nevertheless, she “spaed fortunes,” read dreams, composed philtres, discovered stolen goods, and made and dissolved matches as successfully as if, according to the belief of the whole neighbourhood, she had been aided in those arts by Beelzebub himself.
-
"Would you like your fortune spaed, sir?" asked my black friend, twitching his thumb in the direction of his wife, who was leering on me with a friendliness begot of the bottle.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
-
"Because she spaed the lady's fortune too," he answered, "and she had to find out in the neighbourhood what it was like to be before she did so; you know that is half the art of the thing."
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
-
It was common for coy damsels and staid matrons to wend their way to Lizzie's cot about twilight, to have their fortunes spaed.
-
Perhaps the meeting that she spaed is drawing very near!
Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems Isabella Valancy Crawford 1868
-
Across the moor there dwells a wife; she spaed my fortune true,
Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems Isabella Valancy Crawford 1868
-
I wonder if the wise old wife has spaed my fortune true!
Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems Isabella Valancy Crawford 1868
-
I _know_ the old wife spaed me true, for did she not fore-tell
Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems Isabella Valancy Crawford 1868
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.