1fated:
(
1280-1307;
MS: s.xiv1/4
)
pur saver a estrus Si fiz ou fillye enfauntirait, et coment aventurus
(var. aventurs; aventrus)
i 4
2casual:
(
c.1292;
MS: c.1300
)
acuns purchaz sount aventurous
i 240
3uncertain, unpredictable:
(
1329-30
)
les damages en ceo ne pount estre estenduz, qar c’est chose aventurouse et en nouncertein
3-4 Ed III 94
4dangerous:
(
c.1245;
MS: c.1255
)
Vie est aventeruse de humme
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 […]
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
9.26
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aventurous (c.1245)