the verbal stem in comb. (cf. SPAEMAN), as spae-book, -craft, -woman, -work, -wright.
1802. Leyden, Lord Soulis, lvi. The black *spae-book from his breast he took.
1724. Ramsay, Evergreen (1761), I. 135. Suthe I forsie, if *Spae-craft had [= hold], Frae Hethir-Muirs sall ryse a lad.
1889. H. Johnston, Chron. Glenbuckie, i. 11. In her mind there was no question of whether the recipient of her message was a believer in spae-craft or not.
1828. Moir, Mansie Wauch, xx. Beds at twopence a-night to … dumb *spaewomen.
1815. Scott, Guy M., xi. There was some *spae-wark gaed on—I aye heard that.
1876. Morris, Sigurd, I. 16. In peace will I go to his bidding, let the *spae-wrights ban or bless.
