avanturen

Updated: July 13, 2026

The Romans saw them conquer the empire; and said, the good men among them, that it was on account of their superior virtue. But beside the virtue which made them succeed, there must have been the adventurousness which made them attempt. They were a people fond of 'avanturen, like their descendants; and they went out to seek them; and found enough and to spare.

Charles Kingsley - The Roman and the Teuton : A Series of Lectures delivered before the University of Cambridge