An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 33 : AULDFARREN, _adj._ Sagacious, S.; _audfarand_, id. A. Bor. _Ramsay._ Moes. G. _ald_ old

AULDFARREN, _adj._ Sagacious, S.; _audfarand_, id. A. Bor.

_Ramsay._

Moes. G. _ald_ old, and Swed. _far-a_, Germ. _far-en_, experiri; Swed. _faren_, Isl. _farinn_, peritus; Belg. _aervaaren_, skilful.

AULD-MOU'D, _adj._ Sagacious in discourse; sometimes implying the idea of craft, S. B.

_Ross._

From _auld_ old, and _mou'_ or _mow_, the mouth.

AULD-FATHER, _s._ A grandfather; a term used by some in the west of S.

A. S. _eald-faeder_, Belg. _oud-vader_, avus.

AULD-WARLD, _adj._ Antique, antiquated, S.

_Ferguson._

From _auld_ old, and _warld_ world.

AULIN. _Scouti-aulin_, _Dirty Aulin_, the arctic gull, Orkn. Loth.

_Pennant._

V. ~Scouti-Aulin~, and ~Skaitbird~.

AULTRAGES, AULTERAGES, _s. pl._ The emoluments arising from the offerings made at an altar, or from the rents appointed for the support of it.

_Spotswood._

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_, hasarde; 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.