An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 33
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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.
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