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 AUCHT, AWCHT, AUGHT, v. a. To owe.
V. [Aw].
Peblis to the Play.

AW, used for All, S.
Bannatyne P.
Wyth aw, withal.
Douglas.

AWA, adv. Away; the general pronunciation in S.
Douglas.

To AWAIL, AWAL, v. a.
1. To let fall.
Barbour.
2. To descend; used in a neuter sense.
Wallace.

Fr. aval-er, to go, or fall, down; also, to let fall; Teut. af-vall-en, decidere; af-val, casus; Su. G. afal, affal, lapsus.

To AWAILL, AWAILYE, v. n. To avail.
Barbour.

AWAY. This word seems to have been used occasionally as a verb.
Barbour.

A. S. aweg, away, may be viewed as the imperat. of awaeg-an, to take away, or awegg-an, to depart.

AWAYMENTIS, s. pl. Consultations; Gl. Perhaps preparations, or preliminaries.
Wyntown.

Perhaps from O. Fr. avoy-er, to put in train; avoyment, enquêté, ouverture; de via; Gl. Roquefort.