The wars of Alexander: an alliterative romance translated chiefly ...

328 GLOSSARIAL INDEX, AND INDEX OF NAMES.
(Aunswer), s. answer, 751. See
Answare.
Aunter, s. adventure, 3204 ;
peril,
538 ;
(Awentur),niiscliance, 1109 ;
Auntir, adventure, 5189 ; Aunter,
{pi. Aunters), adventure, case,
G93 ; Auntirs (Aunters), pi. adventures,
1278 ; Auntours, 3470,
6G18; (Aunturs), 3204. See
Auters.
Autliere (Owder), conj. either, 1180.
Authlj', adv. () 3234. It seems to
mean 'sadly'; cf. Icel. auir,
void, desolate.
Autour, autlior, 4720.
Auutere, s. altar, 1572.
A-vaies,^r. s. informs, 1508 ; Avaied,
j)p. informed, made aware, 116 ;
If jjOLi avaied wortbe, if thou art
(well) informed, if you take heed,
103. O.F. aveier, avoier, to set
on the road, guide, inform ; Godefroy,
p. 537.
A-vaile, 2 pr. s. suhj. prevail (to be),
1880.
A-vaile (Avale), imp. s. lower,
diminish, 2836. O.F. avaler.
A-vanced (Auancyd), 2'>p. advanced,
exalted, 2096 ; Auancet, ^'^vauced,
cliief, 2391 ;
JU^-
A-vansid,
vp. advanced, exalted, 389 ;
(Auancet), ^2^. advanced in years,
1002 ;
(Auancett), pp. advanced,
honoured, 2200 ; A-vaunced, pp.
advanced, rendered prosperous,
3773 ;
(Avaunsyd), exalted, 2755.
Anaunt, shortened form o/ Auenaunt,
courteous, 2387. O.F. avenard,
spelt advenant in Cotgrave. See
the context; and see Aveaunt in
Halliwell.
(Avaunte), imp. s. vaunt, 2713.
A-ventour (Aventur), s. mishap,
2889.
A-verous, adj. avaricious, 4512.
A-vise (Avyse), imp. s. consider,
1767 ; imp. pi. 4410 ; A-visis
(Awysez), pr. s. reads over, 2066 ;
Avises him, considers with himself,
4000; Him a-visis, 3624. See
Avyses.
Auoure, s. property, wealth, 4668.
O.F. avoir.
A-vow (A-wowe), 5. vow, 2605.
A-vowtrere, s. adulterer, 4414.
A-vo\vtri, s. adultery, 4329.
Avyn, adj. own, 188. See Awen.
Auyrice, s. avarice, 4327.
Avyses, pr. s. perceives, 4926 ;
Avysis, beholds, 3234 ;
(Visys),
j)r. s. notices, takes notice of,
2959 ;
(Avysed), pt. s. perceived,
753*; Avysid him, looked, 116.
See Avise.
A-wai, adv. away, 865 ; Away,
508.
Awe, pt. 8. behoved, 868. (Properly
pr. s.) A.S. ah. See Awght.
Awen, adj. own, 364, 420, 623, 708,
3659 ;
(Awne), 873, 3178.
Awen (Awne), adj. one, 2569. (A
curious spelling ; confused with
aiuen = own.)
Awgerd, Awgerdly, &c.; see Aug-.
(Awght), eight, 764.* See A3t.
(Awght), pi. s. behoved, 868. A.S.
dhte, pt. t. of ah. See Awe, A3e.
Awne, adj. own, 4497 ;
also in 739*,
759* 777* 800*, 814.* See
Awen.
(Awnterez), pi. adventures, 1011.
See Aunter.
A-wondres, j/r. s. surprises, 4832 ;
rejl. is amazed, 4047 ; Awoudird,
2^p. astonished, 302.
Awyn, adj. own, 79, 168, 210, 219 ;
(Awne), 3236. See Awen.
Ax, s. axe, 1400.
Ay, adv. ever, 265, 298, 972, 994,
&c. ; Ay elike, always alike, 536,
2046. See Ai, Aye.
(Ayaynez), prep, against, 829.*
Aydeus (for Aide deus), God aid
(me), 729. Adapted from O.F.
aide deus.
(Aydom), adj. 2307. See Ayndain.
Aye, adv. continually, 3438. See
Ay.
Aykewordly, (Aukwardly), adv. indirectly,
ambiguously, 2183.
Ayndain, adj. 2307. The Dublin
MS. has aydom. These forms
point to a reading aydaiid, i. e.
aiding, assisting, hence favourable,
which seems to be the sense
required. See the note. Cf. F.
aidant, helping ; Dieu aidant, if
God help me
;
Cotgrave.