different between spag vs spae

English

Etymology

Clipping of spaghetti.

Noun

spag (uncountable)

1. (informal) spaghetti

Related terms

• spag bol

Anagrams

• A-GPS, AGPs, GPAs, PASG, gaps, gasp

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spa?]

Noun

spag (nominative plural spags)

1. spark

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• spay

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots spae.

Verb

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

1. (Scotland) To divine; foretell

Derived terms

• spae-craft
• spaeman
• spaewife

Anagrams

• EAPs, EPAs, PEAs, Paes, Peas, SEPA, apes, apse, pase, peas

Scots

Alternative forms

• spay

Etymology

From Northern Middle English sp?, from Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), from Proto-Germanic *spah?n?, *speh?n? (“to observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *spe?- (“to look”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spe]
• (Insular Scots) IPA^(key): [spo?]

Verb

spae (third-person singular present spaes, present participle spaein, past spaed, past participle spaed)

1. to prophesy, foretell, predict, tell fortunes
2. to anticipate, wish, have ambitions for

Derived terms

• spae-craft (“the art of predicting the future”)
• spaedom (“prophecy, fortunetelling”)
• spae-folk (“sorcerers, wizards”)
• spaeman (“fortuneteller, diviner, prophet”)
• spaer (“fortuneteller, soothsayer”)
• spae-trade (“the practice of fortune-telling, prophecy”)
• spae-wark (“prognosticating, prophesying, soothsaying”)
• spaewife (“female fortuneteller”)
• spae-woman (“female fortuneteller”)