An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Fr. abass-ir, id.

ABAITMENT, s. Diversion, sport.
Douglas.

Arm. ebat-a ludere, ebat ludus; O. Fr. ebaud-ir recreare, ebattement recreatio.

ABAK, adv. Back, behind; Chaucer, id.
Douglas.

Isl. aabak, retrorsum, A. S. on baec, id.

ABANDOUN. In abandoun, at abandoun, at random.
Barbour.
Chaucer uses bandon as denoting free will, pleasure.

Fr. en ábandon, à l'ábandon, id. from à, ban, and donner, to give up to interdiction.

To ABANDON, v. a.
1. To bring under absolute subjection.
Barbour.
2. To let loose, to give permission to act at pleasure.
Wallace.
3. To destroy, to cut off.
Wallace.

Fr. abandonn-er, id.

ABANDONLY, adv. At random, without regard to danger.
Wallace.