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

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, hasardé; L. B. adventor-ius; Gl. Roquefort.

To AVOKE, v. a. To call away, to keep off.

Lat. avoc-are.

Baillie.