Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fortune-teller; diviner; soothsayer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. A prophet; a diviner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Scotland A
prophet ; adiviner .
Etymologies
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spae + man
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Examples
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This Nial was what was called a spamadr, that is, a spaeman or a person capable of foretelling events.
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GEVAR, according to Saxo, a spaeman or prophet, the father of Nanna and the foster-father of Hother.
The Death of Balder Johannes Ewald 1762
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This Jomar here is held a spaeman by the people. "
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