A variant or alternate spelling of avera, referring to a medieval feudal obligation or toll.
From Medieval Latin avera/averah, with the final -h being an alternate spelling marker common in Middle English. Likely the same origin as avera, relating to feudal obligations.
Medieval scribes spelled the same word multiple ways in the same document—there was no 'correct spelling' yet! Words like avera/averah show us that standardized spelling is actually a pretty recent invention, only a few hundred years old.
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