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. averti, warned, advertised.

AWIN, AWYN, AWNE, adj. Own, proper, S. awne; Gl. Yorks. id. This is the common pron. of the south of S.; in other parts, ain.
Wallace.

Moes. G. aigin, aihn, proprius, A. S. agen, Germ. eighen, Belg. eyghen, Su. G. egen, id. from their respective verbs denoting right or property.

AWISE, s. Manner, fashion.
V. [Avyse].

AWISE, AWYSEE, adj. Prudent, considerate, cautious.
Barbour.

Fr. avisé, prudens, cautus, consideratus; deduced in Dict. Trev. from Goth. wis-an, A. S. vis-an, with ad prefixed, L. B. avisare.

AWISELY, adv. Prudently, circumspectly.
Barbour.

AWMON, HEWMON, s. A helmet.
Gl. Sibb.

AMOUS, s. A cap or cowl; a covering for the head; printed aumons.
Houlate M. S.

L. B. almuc-ia, O. Fr. aumusse, from Germ. mutze, S. mutch.