Obs. Also 4–6 ure, 5 ewre. [a. OF. eure, heur, aür, Walloon aweure = Pr. agur, augur, auguri, Sp. agüero, It. augurio:—L. augurium augury, omen; cf. F. bonheur.] Destiny, fate, whether good or evil; luck.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, I. 312. Tak the vre that god wald send.
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, I. v. As the goddes in this myne auenture Lyst to ordeyne for my fatall eure.
c. 1440. Generydes, 2788. Bothe on thei rode to knowe what was ther vre.
1477. Earl Rivers (Caxton), Dictes, 119. The moste and grettest ewre or happe of aman is to have a good felawe.
c. 1525. Skelton, Col. Cloute, 1003. He hath good ure Which can hymselfe assure How fortune wyll endure.
