(a) Fate, fortune, chance; one's lot or destiny; in plur.: one's fortunes, one's circumstances; the outcome of something; dame ~, Dame Fortune, the goddess Fortuna; god (ivel) ~, good (bad) luck; god (qued) of ~, a benefit (an evil) sent by fate; (b) ~ fel, ~ befel, it chanced, it happened; taken ~, to take (one's) chances; to endure (one's) fate; (c) at ~, as chance directs, at random, haphazardly; bi (an, of, on) ~, by chance, by fate or coincidence, accidentally; also, without conscious design, unintentionally; (d) bi (in) ~, perchance, perhaps.

(a) Something that happens, an event or occurrence; an experience; an accident; plur. events, vicissitudes; to al aventures, ?at every recurrence (of a fever); (b) a misfortune, a mishap, an accident; (c) at al aventures, in preparation for any occurrence; for al aventures, in spite of anything that happens; (d) in ~, at a venture, on a gamble; in ~ if, on the chance that, in case.

(a) Danger, jeopardy, risk; (b) an (in) ~, in doubt, doubtful, uncertain, hazardous, in fear of (sth.); an ~ if, an ~ where, an ~ and, in doubt whether, it is doubtful whether; (c) at ~, at (someone's) risk; (d) for ~ of, for fear of; (e) in (on, an) ~, in danger, in jeopardy; don (putten, setten) in (on, an) ~, to put (sth.) in jeopardy, to risk (oneself, one's life, one's goods); (f) in (an, on) ~, in (an) ~ if, in ~ that, on (an) ~ lest, for fear that, for fear lest, lest; (g) putten on ~, to stake (sth.), wager; setten in ~, to put (life and death) in the balance.

(a) A venture, an enterprise; a knightly quest; gon in ~, to go in search of adventures or marvels; maken ~ of, to trade in (sth.); (b) an adventure, an exploit, a daring deed; ~ of armes, a feat of arms; fonden (seken) ~, to seek adventures, undertake a dangerous task, go on a quest as a knight-errant.

A marvelous thing (action, occurrence), a wonder, a miracle.

A tale of adventures, an account of marvelous things.