spå

From Old Norse spá, from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, cognate with Norwegian, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). A variant of *spehōną, which is the source of German spähen (“to spy”) (and, via French, English spy).

• IPA^(key): /spɔːˀ/, [ˈsb̥ɔˀ]

spå (past tense spåede, past participle spået)

1. to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy

• spådom
• spåkone
• spåkvinde
• spåmand
• spåpræst

• “spå” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse spá.

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1. to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy

• spådom

• “spå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse spá, from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną. Related to Latin specere (“to see”).

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1. to predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy
2. to warn, bode
3. to assume

• “spå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse spá (“to foretell, prophesy”), from Proto-Germanic *spahōną, *spēhōną (“to observe”), from Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- (“to look”).

• IPA^(key): /spoː/
• Rhymes: -oː

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1. to foretell, to divine; to tell the future and fortune through supernatural means
2. (by extension) to predict, to (more or less confidently) guess

   Jag spår att det kommer regna imorgon

   I predict it's going to rain tomorrow

   Hon spåddes en lysande karriär

   She was predicated to have a stellar career

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• (foretell): sia

• (foretell): spådom, spåkunnig, spåkvinna, spåman