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AUSTIE, _adj._ Austere, harsh.

_Henrysone._

A. S. _ostige_, knotty, from _ost_, Teut. _oest_, a knot, properly in wood.

_To_ AW, AWE, _v. a._ To owe, S.

_Wallace._

Isl. _aa_, _atte_, debeo, debuit; A. S. _ag_, _ahte_; Su. G. _a_; Moes. G. _aih_, habeo, imperf. _aiht-a_.

V. ~Aigh~, ~Aucht~.

AW, sometimes to be viewed as the third pers. sing. of the _v._; signifying owed, ought.

_Wallace._

_To_ AUCHT, AWCHT, AUGHT, _v. a._ To owe.

V. ~Aw~.

_Peblis to the Play._

AW, used for ~All~, S.

_Bannatyne P._

_Wyth aw_, withal.

_Douglas._

AWA, _adv._ Away; the general p.r.o.nunciation in S.

_Douglas._

_To_ AWAIL, AWAL, _v. a._

1. To let fall.

_Barbour._

2. To descend; used in a neuter sense.

_Wallace._