Chapter L: B. altarag-ium, alterag-ium, obventio altaris; Du Cange

AUMERS, _s. pl._ Embers.

V. ~Ameris~.

_To_ AUNTER, AWNTYR, _v. a._ To hazard, to put into the power of accident.

_Barbour._

Fr. _aventur-er_, risquer, mettre au hazard; Dict. Trev.

_Aunter_ is used by Chaucer and Gower in a neuter sense.

V. ~Anter~, _v._

AUNTER, _s._ Adventure; O. E. _antre_, R. Brunne.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

Fr. _aventure_, _auenture_, abbreviated.

AUNTEROUS, _adj._ Adventurous.

_Gl. Sibb._

O. Fr. _aventureux_, hasardé; L. B. _adventor-ius_; Gl. Roquefort.

_To_ AVOKE, _v. a._ To call away, to keep off.

Lat. _avoc-are_.

_Baillie._

AVOUTERIE, ADVOUTERIE, _s._ Adultery.

_Gl. Sibb._

O. Fr. _avoutrie_; Ital. _avolteria_; Lat. _adulter-ium_; Teut.
_vouter-en_, fornicare, camerare.

AVOW, AVOWE, _s._

1. A vow; used in the same sense by Chaucer.

_Douglas._

2. Discovery, declaration; in modern language, avowal.

_Minstrelsy Bord._

Fr. _avou-er_, to confess.

AUSTIE, _adj._ Austere, harsh.

_Henrysone._

A. S. _ostige_, knotty, from _ost_, Teut. _oest_, a knot, properly
in wood.

_To_ AW, AWE, _v. a._ To owe, S.

_Wallace._

Isl. _aa_, _atte_, debeo, debuit; A. S. _ag_, _ahte_; Su. G. _a_;
Moes. G. _aih_, habeo, imperf. _aiht-a_.

V. ~Aigh~, ~Aucht~.

AW, sometimes to be viewed as the third pers. sing. of the _v._; signifying owed, ought.

_Wallace._

_To_ AUCHT, AWCHT, AUGHT, _v. a._ To owe.

V. ~Aw~.

_Peblis to the Play._

AW, used for ~All~, S.

_Bannatyne P._

_Wyth aw_, withal.

_Douglas._

AWA, _adv._ Away; the general pronunciation in S.

_Douglas._

_To_ AWAIL, AWAL, _v. a._

1. To let fall.

_Barbour._

2. To descend; used in a neuter sense.

_Wallace._

Fr. _aval-er_, to go, or fall, down; also, to let fall; Teut.
_af-vall-en_, decidere; _af-val_, casus; Su. G. _afal_, _affal_, lapsus.

_To_ AWAILL, AWAILYE, _v. n._ To avail.

_Barbour._

AWAY. This word seems to have been used occasionally as a verb.

_Barbour._

A. S. _aweg_, away, may be viewed as the imperat. of _awaeg-an_, to
take away, or _awegg-an_, to depart.

AWAYMENTIS, _s. pl._ Consultations; Gl. Perhaps preparations, or preliminaries.

_Wyntown._

Perhaps from O. Fr. _avoy-er_, to put in train; _avoyment_, enquêté,
ouverture; de _via_; Gl. Roquefort.

AWALT SHEEP, one that has fallen backward, or downhill, and cannot recover itself, S.

V. ~Awail~.

_Gl. Sibb._

_To_ AWANCE, _v. a._ To advance.

Fr. _avanc-er_, id.

_Wallace._

AWAT, _s._ Ground ploughed after the first crop from lea. The crop produced is called the _awat-crap_, also pronounced _award_; Ang. _Avil_, Galloway, _aewall_, Clydes. id.

A. S. _afed_, pastus, _af-at_, depastus; or Su. G. _awat_, _afat_, deficiens; or perhaps from _af-val_, diminution, as the same with ~Awalt~, q. v.

AWAWARD, _s._ The vanguard.

_Barbour._

Fr. _avantgarde_.

AWBYRCHOWNE, AWBERCHEOUN, _s._ The habergeon, or breastplate.

_Wyntown._

Franc. _halsberge_, Isl. _halsbeorg_, collare chalybeum, from _hals_
the neck, and _berga_ to defend; Fr. _haubergeon_; L. B. _halberg-ium_.

AWBLASTER, _s._

1. A crossbow-man, _alblastere_, and _arblast_, O. E.

_Barbour._

2. The crossbow itself; Fr. _arbaleste_.

_Wallace._

Fr. _arbelestier_, L. B. _arcubalista_, arbalista.

AWCY, _s._ Perhaps, pain, torment.

A. S. _ace_, _aece_, dolor.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gol._

AWEDE, _adj._ In a state approaching to insanity.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _awed-an_, _awoed-an_, insanire.

_To_ AWENT, _v. a._ To cool or refresh by exposing to the air.

_Barbour._

A. S. _awynd-wian_, ventilare, from _wind_, ventus.

AWERTY, AUERTY, _adj._ Cautious, experienced; _auerty_, R. Brunne.

_Barbour._

Fr. _averti_, warned, advertised.

AWIN, AWYN, AWNE, _adj._ Own, proper, S. _awne_; Gl. Yorks. id. This is the common pron. of the south of S.; in other parts, _ain_.

_Wallace._

Moes. G. _aigin_, _aihn_, proprius, A. S. _agen_, Germ. _eighen_, Belg. _eyghen_, Su. G. _egen_, id. from their respective verbs denoting right or property.

AWISE, _s._ Manner, fashion.

V. ~Avyse~.

AWISE, AWYSEE, _adj._ Prudent, considerate, cautious.

_Barbour._

Fr. _avisé_, prudens, cautus, consideratus; deduced in Dict. Trev. from Goth. _wis-an_, A. S. _vis-an_, with _ad_ prefixed, L. B. _avisare_.

AWISELY, _adv._ Prudently, circumspectly.

_Barbour._

AWMON, HEWMON, _s._ A helmet.

_Gl. Sibb._

AMOUS, _s._ A cap or cowl; a covering for the head; printed _aumons_.

_Houlate M. S._