[ Auaunt], adv., and interj. forward, away, NED.—AF. avaunt, OF. avant; Late Lat. ab-ante.
[ Avaunt], sb. boast, vaunt, C, NED. See [Auaunten].
[ Auauntage], sb. superiority, advantage, NED, S3, C; auantage, S2, C3.—AF. avantage, from avant, before.
[ Avaunten], v. to speak proudly of, to commend, to boast, NED, W2.—OF. avanter; Lat. ad + Late Lat. vanitare, to boast. ([A- 7].)
[ Avauntour], sb. boaster, C; auaunter, NED.—OF. avanteur. ([A- 7].)
[ Auentaille], sb. the moveable front of a helmet, C2, HD.—AF. aventaille, OF. esventail; Late Lat. *exventaculum, airhole. ([A- 9].)
[ Auente], v. to get air by opening the aventaille, HD, NED.
[ Auenture], sb. chance, a chance occurrence, jeopardy, S, S3, C, C3, G, PP; auentur, S2; auntour, S2; aunter, S3, PP; antur, MD; eventour, HD. Comb.: an auenture, lest perchance, PP; on auenture, in case, PP; anaunter, for an aunter, S2; in auenture, PP.—AF. aventure; Lat. aduentura, a thing about to happen. ([A- 7].)
[ Auer], sb. property, a beast of burden, HD.—AF. aver (pl. avers); OF. aveir (avoir); Lat. habere, to have.
Auere; see [Afure].