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aventurous (c.1245)
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aventurous (c.1245)

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aventurus,  aventeurus,  aventerus,  aventrus  
  FEW:  *adventura 24,196a Gdf:  aventuros 1,518c GdfC:  aventuros 8,253b TL: aventuros 1,725 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  aventureux  TLF:  aventureux  OED:  adventurous a.  MED:  aventurous a.  DMLBS: ∅

a.

1fated: 
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  pur saver a estrus Si fiz ou fillye enfauntirait, et coment aventurus (var. aventurs; aventrus)  LANGTOFT wright i 4
2casual: 
( c.1292; MS: c.1300 )  acuns purchaz sount aventurous  BRITT i 240
3uncertain, unpredictable: 
( 1329-30 )  les damages en ceo ne pount estre estenduz, qar c’est chose aventurouse et en nouncertein  YBB 3-4 Ed III 94
4dangerous: 
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Vie est aventeruse de humme  S Edw paris ANTS 5018
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  ordena le Rei Henri le secund qe por ceo qe tieux deduz (=tournaments) sunt aventurous, se deit chescun aprester qe Dieu le truice en seinte vie, si qe nul ne seit en mortel pecché […]  Mir Just 32
5devoted to adventure, adventure-seeking: 
( s.xivin; MS: 1312-40 )  Ataunt vynt G. a[s] jostes, vestu de foyle de ere tot vert, hors de la foreste, come cely qe fust aventurous e tot desconu  Fouke ANTS 9.26
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