An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 32 : AVENAND, _adj._ Elegant in person and manners. _Gawan and Gol._ Fr. _advenant_, _avenan

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 l'aventure_, 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, fas.h.i.+on.

_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~.