Origin
Old English awrecan, corresponding to - + wreak.
Verb
verb
- (obsolete) To avenge, take vengeance on.
- Mlry MrtDrthr|3.8|2|I|x:SO after the feste and iourneye kynge Arthur drewe hym vnto london
and soo by the counceil of Merlyn the kyng lete calle his barons to coūceil
for Merlyn had told the kynge that the sixe kynges that made warre vpon hym wold in al haste be awroke on hym & on his landys wherfor the kyng asked counceil at hem al
they coude no counceil gyue but said they were bygge ynough
Prior quote:Merlin had told the kynge that the sixe kynges that made warre vpon hym wold in al haste be
awroke on hym & on hys landys.
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