An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 32
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 32
AVENAND, _adj._ Elegant in person and manners.
_Gawan and Gol._
Fr. _advenant_, _avenant_, handsome; also, courteous.
AVENTURE, _In aventure_, _adv._ Lest, perchance.
V. ~Aunter~.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Fr. _a laventure_, id.
AVER, AVIR, AIVER, _s._
1. A horse used for labour, a cart-horse, S.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
2. An old horse, one that is worn out with labour, S.
_Dunbar._
3. A gelded goat, S.
V. ~Hebrun~.
_Statist. Acc._
L. B. _afferi_, _affri_, jumenta vel cavalli colonici; _averia_, _averii_, equi, boves, jumenta; Du Cange.
V. ~Arage~.
AVERIL, _s._ Apparently a diminutive from _aver_, a beast for labour.
_Dunbar._
AVERILE, AVYRYLE, _s._ April.
_Wyntown._
AVERIN, AVEREN, AIVERIN, _s._ Cloudberry or knoutberry, S. Rubus chamaemorus, Linn.; eaten as a dessert in the north of S.
_Ross._
Perhaps from Germ. _aver_ wild, and _en_, a term now applied in Su.
G. to the berry of the juniper; Gael. _oidh rac_, _oirak_.
AVIL, _s._ The second crop after lea or gra.s.s; Galloway.
V. ~Awat~.
AVILLOUS, _adj._ Contemptible, debased.
_Chron. Scot. P._
Fr. _avili_, _ie_, in contemptionem adductus; Dict. Trev.
AUISE, _s._ Advice, counsel; _avis_, Chaucer; _avys_, R. Brunne.
Fr. _avis_.
_Douglas._
AVYSE, AWISE, _s._ Manner, fashion.
_Douglas._
A. S. _wisa_, _wise_, Alem. _uuis_, _uuisa_, Belg. _wijse_, modus.
AVISION, _s._ Vision; Chaucer, id.
_Douglas._
Fr. _avision_, vision, fantaisie; Gl. Roquefort.
AUKWART, AWKWART, _prep._ Athwart, across.
_Wallace._
AULD, _s._ Age.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
A. S. _aeld_ senectus, Moes. G. _alds_ aetas.
V. ~Eild~.