† spie-womann.
variant of spae-woman n. at spae- comb. form . Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > female
prophetessc1350
Sibyl1589
vaticinatress1693
spie-woman1744
seeress1766
spaewife1773
spae-woman1828
volva1889
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > fortune-telling > [noun] > fortune-teller > female
Sibyl1589
spie-woman1744
spaewife1773
spaer1820
spae-woman1828
spae-wright1876
1744 in D. M'Naught Kilmaurs (1912) xiv. 189 [Going to Glasgow to consult] a spie woman anent some beese that somebody had stolen from him.
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