An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 34 : AUSTIE, _adj._ Austere, harsh. _Henrysone._ A. S. _ostige_, knotty, from _ost_, Teut. _

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 p.r.o.nunciation 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_, enquete, 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-c.r.a.p_, also p.r.o.nounced _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_.