Gold held by few, as strangely predicted (7)
I believe the answer is:
foresaw
'predicted' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'gold held by few as strangely' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'held by' indicates putting letters inside.
'strangely' indicates an anagram.
'few'+'as'='fewas'
'fewas' is an anagram of 'fesaw'.
'or' inserted into 'fesaw' is 'FORESAW'.
(Other definitions for foresaw that I've seen before include "Anticipated" , "Predicted" , "Expected" .)