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

AUCHT, (gutt.) adj. Eight, S. auhte, O. E. id. R. Brunne.
Wyntown.

Moes. G. aht-au, A. S. eaht-a, Germ. aht, Belg. acht, Isl. and Su. G. att-a, Gael. ocht, Lat. oct-o.

AUCHTAND, AUCHTEN, adj. The eighth. Isl. aatunde, octavus.
Douglas.

AVENAND, adj. Elegant in person and manners.
Gawan and Gol.

Fr. advenant, avenant, handsome; also, courteous.

AVENTURE, In aventure, adv. Lest, perchance.
V. [Aunter].
Bellenden.

Fr. à l'aventure, id.

AVER, AVIR, AIVER, s.
1. A horse used for labour, a cart-horse, S.
Bellenden.
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].