AUGUR, AUGURY
NOUNS
► HANDSEL ► HANSEL augury, omen, presage, augury; a token or omen of good luck → 1200 obs.
► LUCK SIGN an augury, an omen → 1587 obs.
VERBS
► HALSE to augur; to divine; to soothsay → 1050 obs.
► HALSEN to augur, to foreshow by auspices, to prognosticate → 1586 obs.
► OMINATE to augur; to prognosticate from omens; to forebode → 1582 obs.
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