Soothsay vs Aread - What's the difference?
soothsay | aread |
(obsolete) To soothsay, prophesy.
(obsolete) To interpret; to explain.
* Spenser
(obsolete) To advise, counsel.
*1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.1:
*:Me, all too meane, the sacred Muse areeds / To blazon broade emongst her learned throng [...].
* Milton
As verbs the difference between soothsay and aread
is that soothsay is to foretell the future; make predictions while aread is (obsolete) to soothsay, prophesy.As a noun soothsay
is soothsaying; prediction; prognostication; prophecy.aread
English
Alternative forms
* *areed *aredeVerb
- Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case.
- But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt!