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vengeor (s.xii1)
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vengeor (s.xii1)

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vengeur,  vengeour  (vencheur  Arun Ps 8.2 ),
(sg. vengierres  Camb Ps 10.VIII.3)  

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avenger: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  ... que tu destruies le enemi e le vengedur  Oxf Ps ANTS 45.8.3
( s.xiv2; MS: c.1400 )  Si vraiment lui mesmes vengeance preigne, il n'avera pas Diu vengeour (Latin: vindicem) de mesme le tort  Lichfield 237v
This is an AND1 entry © MHRA 1977-1992: reproduced with permission. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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