spaemann.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s spayman, spaman.

Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse spámann.

Etymology: < Old Norse spámann (nominative -maðr ; Middle Swedish spāmann , Swedish spåman , Norwegian spaamann , Danish -mand ), < spá spae v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspaeman.

Scottish.

A prophet, soothsayer, fortune-teller, wizard.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer

witiec897

seera1382

before-speakerc1400

prophesier1477

spaeman?a1505

vaticinarc1550

destinator1579

mantist1588

vident1588

vates1625

fatary1652

faticane1652

vaticinator1652

visionist1665

visionary1706

visioner1716

weird-man1806

spaer1820

spae-wright1876

percipient1883

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > fortune-telling > [noun] > fortune-teller

spaeman?a1505

cole-prophet1532

lot-teller1575

fortune-teller1612

fortune-flinger1642

fatary1652

fatiloquist1652

fortunary1652

fortune-speller1652

tea-groutera1833

tick-off1934

a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 563 in Poems (1981) 151 This Ticius..sett his entencion To fynd the craft of diuinacion, And lerit it vnto the spamen all.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. ii. 29 O walaway! of spamen and diuinis The blind myndis.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. iv. iv. f. 40^v/1 The spaymen said thir prodigies signifyit gret dammage apperyng to Romanis.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. ii Spae-men! the truth of a' their saws I doubt.

1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 124 I never, a' my days, Had meikle faith in spaemen, or their says.

1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft ix. 315 Pretending..to possess the power of a spaeman.

1867 C. H. Pearson Hist. Eng. I. 32 (note) Either the ‘spae man’ of the district or the priest of an imported religion.

attributive.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. iii. 77 Praying thus, eftir the spamen werd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	spaeman
释义	spaemann. Forms: Also Middle English–1500s spayman, spaman. Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse spámann. Etymology: < Old Norse spámann (nominative -maðr ; Middle Swedish spāmann , Swedish spåman , Norwegian spaamann , Danish -mand ), < spá spae v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspaeman. Scottish. A prophet, soothsayer, fortune-teller, wizard. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer witiec897 seera1382 before-speakerc1400 prophesier1477 spaeman?a1505 vaticinarc1550 destinator1579 mantist1588 vident1588 vates1625 fatary1652 faticane1652 vaticinator1652 visionist1665 visionary1706 visioner1716 weird-man1806 spaer1820 spae-wright1876 percipient1883 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > fortune-telling > [noun] > fortune-teller spaeman?a1505 cole-prophet1532 lot-teller1575 fortune-teller1612 fortune-flinger1642 fatary1652 fatiloquist1652 fortunary1652 fortune-speller1652 tea-groutera1833 tick-off1934 a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 563 in Poems (1981) 151 This Ticius..sett his entencion To fynd the craft of diuinacion, And lerit it vnto the spamen all. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. ii. 29 O walaway! of spamen and diuinis The blind myndis. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. iv. iv. f. 40^v/1 The spaymen said thir prodigies signifyit gret dammage apperyng to Romanis. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. ii Spae-men! the truth of a' their saws I doubt. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 124 I never, a' my days, Had meikle faith in spaemen, or their says. 1830 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. & Witchcraft ix. 315 Pretending..to possess the power of a spaeman. 1867 C. H. Pearson Hist. Eng. I. 32 (note) Either the ‘spae man’ of the district or the priest of an imported religion. attributive.1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. iii. 77 Praying thus, eftir the spamen werd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.?a1505
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