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† aˈnaunter, adv. and conj. Obs. or dial.
[= an prep. + aunter: see adventure n. 1 c.]
In risk or peril; on the chance, in case, lest.
1297R. Glouc. 311 Þy loue ych abbe wel dere aboȝt, & my lyue anaunter ydo. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiii. 71, I wil nouȝt write it here On englisch, an auenture it sholde be reherced to ofte. 1387Trevisa Higden Rolls Ser. II. 295 Anaunter leste þe olde man schulde be holde a lecchour. 1855Atkinson Whitby Gloss., Ananthers, Anthers, or Enanthers. ‘I'll take my cloak, ananthers it should rain.’ |