"Averland seems to have been ancient arable land so called, held by rustic drudges and villans."
At p. 29. the said Cellarer is stated
To have aver-peni, to wit, for each thirty acres two pence."[[8]]
Roquefort, in his Glossaire de la Langue Romane, gives Aver, from avoir: "Bestiaux qui nantissent une ferme de campagne;" and Avè, "un troupeau de brebis," from ovis.
Raynouard, in the Nouveau Choix des Poésies des Troubadours, vol. ii., which commences the Lexique Roman, derives "Aver" also from Avoir; to signify possession generally I take it. 2dly, Troupeau,
"E play mi quan li corredor
Fan las gens e 'ls avers fugir."
("Et il me plaît quand les coureurs
Font fuir les gens et les troupeaux.")
Bertrand de Born, Be m Play.