Artilȝery, implements of warfare, 2538. See R. _artillerie_. Compare 1 Samuel, xx. 40. Assay, (1) assault, trial, 11, 35, 112, 712; attack, 537, 2662. As a verb, to assault, attack, assail, 570, 1044. Fr. _assaillir_. (2) to essay, attempt, 2936; to test, 478, 982. Fr. _essaier_. { Assaid, Assayt, } assaulted, 1224, 2641. Assall, assault, attack, 842. We should perhaps read “assaill,” as in l. 855. Assalȝeing, assail (_3 pers. plural_), 3385. Assemblay, an assembling of knights for a combat, a tournament, 267. Assemble, a hostile meeting, combat, battle, 978, 3336. See J. Assemblyng, encountering, 2588. Assemblyng on, attacking, 2956. Assey, to test, 478. _See_ Assay. Astart, to start away from; hence to escape from, avoid, 228, 3296. Ch. has _asterte_. At, that, 1019, etc. Compare Dan. _at_; O.N. _at_. Atour, at over, i.e. across, 841, 849, 873; in excess, in addition, besides, 1775. Ather, either, 2629, 2819, 3264. A.S. _ǽgther_. Atte, at the, 627, 1055. Aucht, eight, 3263. Compare Ger. _acht_. Auentur, adventure, 601. Auer, ever, 273, etc. Auerding to, belonging to (?), 345. The sense seems to point to the A.S. _and-weardian_, to be present, Goth. _and-wairths_, present. Aventur, Auentoure, adventure, 80, 222. Aw, owe, deserve; the present tense of the verb of which _ought_ is the past tense; 3447. A.S. _áh_, _áhte_. Awalk, awake, 1049. Goth. _wakan_. The form _awalk_ occurs in Dunbar, “_Awalk_, luvaris, out of your slomering.” (The Thistle and the Rose.) Awant, boast, 2136. As a verb, 1588; and as a reflective verb, 2196, 2386. Fr. _se vanter_. Ch. has _avante_. Awin, own, 89. A.S. _ágen_. Awodith, maketh to depart, 2474. See _Avoid_ in Nares’ Glossary, edited by Halliwell and Wright. { Awow, Awoue, } vow, 234, 242, 246. Ch. has _avowe_. Awys, consideration, advisement, 558. Awyß the, advise thee, consider, 1913. { Awyß, Awyſing, } to consider, 424, 429. Fr. _s’aviser_. Awysment, advisement, consideration, 360, 680. Ay, ever, continually, 1135, 1486. A.S. _á_. Ayar (_written instead of_ Athar), either, 2712. Ayre, are, 2011. { Ayanis, 744, Aȝanis, 1164, 2283, } against. A.S. _ongean_. Aȝane, Aȝeine, again, 3253, 380.