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VENGE. 97 VENGEANCE.<br />
163a Chapman & Shirlfy Bh^/ ir. D 2 b, You must Lay_ in<br />
betimes to prevent niutinie Among the small guts, which<br />
with winde ofvenge else Will breakeyourguarde of buttons.<br />
Veng^e (vend,:5), V, Now arr/i. Forms : 4-5<br />
vengyn (5 vengy), 4- venge (4 venie, uenge)<br />
^_5 wenge, 4, 5 .5V., weng. [ad. OF. ven^er^<br />
venger (niod.F. V€ng£r^—\\., vcngiare, Sp. vengar^<br />
Pg. vulgar) :— L. vindkdre Vindicate v, Cf.<br />
Avenge v,'\<br />
1. a. rejl. = Avenge v. \ b.<br />
a 1300 Cursor M. 5345 For \>a\. J^ai na wight dtightiii dred,<br />
He wenged him o (7am ful sare. a 1340 Hampole Psalter<br />
ii. 5 When he venges him, his vengaunce is cald woednes.<br />
C1386 Chaucer Melib. P45 But lete u» now putte, that ye<br />
han leve to venge 5'ow; I say ye ben nought of might ne<br />
power as now to venge you. c 1430 Lvdg. Min. Poems<br />
(Percy Soc.) 31 Be nat to hasty to venge the on thi foo.<br />
£-1450 Mirour Saluacioun (Roxb.) 72 He vengid hym on<br />
his enemys horribly. 1509 Fisher y Penit. Ps. vi. Wks.<br />
(1876) 18 Crete laude and prayse is in wylde beestes lackynge<br />
reason, that they wyll forgyue and not venge themselfe<br />
vpon other weyker beestes. 1581 A. Hall Iliad w.. 29 Til<br />
that ech one here of vs al, at wil and ease be plast With<br />
Troyan Dames . . to venge vs of Paris. 159^) Shaks. Hen. K,<br />
1. ii. 292 Tel you the Dolphin, I am commmg on, To venge<br />
me as 1 may. 1817 Scott Harold n. xv, Thou shalt know.<br />
If I can venge me on a foe, 1914 Contemp. Rev. April 5^8<br />
To venge themselves they pursued a policy of obstruction in<br />
the Diet.<br />
b. trans, = Avenge z/. i.<br />
ciyas i^lt'tr. Horn. 137 Ef thou prai Godd that he Apon<br />
thi fai> venge the. c 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 5533 Haly<br />
Loverd,.,How lange sal be ar l»ow venge our blude Of our<br />
enemys ^at in erihe duelles. c 1440 Gcsta Rom, x. 20<br />
(Harl. MS.), Do vs to knowe, if l»er be ony [jat t>retenith<br />
J>e ; For we ben redy to venge ^e. c 1450 Lovelich Grail<br />
ivi. 435 Thus owre lord venged kyng I^wncelot certayn.<br />
1581 A. Hall Iliad i. 16, I greatly dread, hir sonne to<br />
venge, obtainde some suit she hath. 1590 Greene Orlando<br />
Furioso 1093 Now let vs seeke to venge the Lampe of<br />
France That lately was eclipsed in Angelica. 1613 HevwooD<br />
Braz. Age 11. ii, I sweare. .to. -venge the Gods that<br />
goueme Sea and Sunne. 1S14 Scott Lord o/^ Isles ill. xxix.<br />
With this he cross'd the murderer's path, And venged young<br />
Allan well ! 1887 Bowen JEneid iv. 656, 1 have. .Venged<br />
a beloved one, meted a brother measure for guilt.<br />
O. pass. = AVENGK V. I C.<br />
£-1380 WvcLir IV/is. (1880) 24 For to plede, for to finite<br />
and.. to be vengid on men ^at don a^enst here willc, worschipe,<br />
or profit. 1390 Gower Con/. I. 202 Bot I wol make<br />
this beheste, I 5chal be venged er I go. c 1400 Ptlgr. Sowie<br />
(Caxlon) II. Ivii. (1859) 55. I myght haue ben fully venged<br />
vpon the. 14S0 Cot>. Lett Bk. \\. 441 Be.cause Jjc seid<br />
Laurens .. feyned maters to )»entenC to haue be venged for<br />
J>e due punysshement ycven to hym be J»e seid Maire. 1489<br />
Caxtos Faytes 0/ A. i. i. 7 They that gretly be vengid on<br />
their enemycs. x6ii B. Jonson Catiline 11. i, I should be<br />
ri^ht sorry To have the means so to be venged on you.<br />
+ d. mtr, = Avenge v. id. Ods.<br />
13 .. E. E. Allit. P. B. 20I [He] Nc venged for no vilte of<br />
vice nc synne,..Ne neuer so sodenly so;t vnsoundely to<br />
weng. loid. 559 Felly he ucnged Quen fourferde alle («<br />
flesch J>ar he formed hade, c Z400 Destr. Troy 7333 Achilles<br />
..Of ^ kynges, bat were kild,- -Wold haue vengit of be<br />
velany, & pe vile harme. 14.. in Arnolde Chron. (1811) 208<br />
A priest ought to be swete and softe more rather to foryeue<br />
than to vcnsy. a 1500 Rati: Raving 3^40 Traist nocht<br />
thine honorc in a fulle, Na weng nocht quhil thi blud be cule.<br />
2. trans. = Avenge v. 2.<br />
1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 3806 pys yche chylde toke<br />
hym 10 rede For to venge hys fadrys ded. c 1374 Chaucer<br />
Troylus 1.62 (Harl. MS.), In dy verse wise. .TlieravysNhyng<br />
to vengyn of Heleyn, By Parts done, they wroughten all hir<br />
peine, a 1450 MirWs Festtal 44 The thre o|>er also dcydcn<br />
on spytues de^es, so b^t, wythyn brc ^ere aftyr, Thomas<br />
deth was thus venget. c 1489 ilkXTOii Sondes o/Aymon ix.<br />
344, I praye god that I maye venge your deth vpon theym<br />
or ever I dcce.isse. 1538 Starkev England 141 That hys<br />
ennemv may not pluke liym out at hys lyberty, nor yet in<br />
such place to venge hys iniury. 1587 Turberv. Trag. Tales<br />
{1837) 160 To venge which deede, and cursed cruell acte, He<br />
slue them all. 1620 Pvper tr. Hist. Astrea 1. ii. 13 Venge<br />
not my death vpon this faire I^dy. 1638 Sanderson Serm.<br />
(1681) II. Ill We find our selves ready to fret at any cross<br />
occurrent, to venge every injury, to rage at every light provocation.<br />
i8oa Levden in Li/eff Poems {iSj 5) 39 Thine the<br />
mighty boast., lo venge each ancient violated bust. 1851<br />
C L. Smith tr. Tasso xviii. xlviii, And much he hoped with<br />
such a fiery brood To venge the felling of the precious<br />
wood.<br />
tb. To punish (wronjjdoing). Obs.<br />
a 1340 Hamiole Psalter xxix. 5 Wreth, bat is vengaunce,<br />
bat he vengid in 50W be first syn with ded. c 1375 Sc. Leg.<br />
Saints xxv. {Julian) 116 .Syk wykyt wordisof dy&pyt In b^t<br />
dekine ware wengyt tyt. 1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. iii<br />
Thou seist..that chariie is chactd, to vengyn oure defautis,<br />
and mende us of oure inysse.<br />
t 3, = Avenge v. 3. Ods.~^<br />
hal deine thi cause, and<br />
138a WvcLiF Jer. Ii. 36 Lo ! Y<br />
venge thi vengyng. d 1470 H. Parker Dives ^ Pauper<br />
(W. de W. 1496) iv. XV. 179/2 He is goddcs mynystre, to<br />
venge the wrath of god in hym that dooth amys.<br />
Vengeable, a. and ativ. Oh. or dial. Forms<br />
4-5 veniable, 5-7 vengable, vengeable (6<br />
uen-) ; 5 vengeabyl, -ylUe, -abil. [a. AF. vengabU<br />
(Gower), f. venger Venge v. Cf. Vengible a.]<br />
1. Inclined or ready to take vengeance or inflict<br />
retaliative injury. (Cf. Vengeful a. i.)<br />
a. Of persons (or animals).<br />
Very common c 1400-1550; in mod. dial, use = destructive.<br />
Vol. X.<br />
ci38oWyclif.S"c/. Wks. II. 189 For ^if he were veniable<br />
here no man my^te suffre his veniaunce. 1390 Gower Conf.<br />
II. iig Such a Sor is incurable, And ek the goddes ben<br />
vengable. c 1400 Lvdg. in Pol., Rel. at shee were in this cas<br />
vengeable,.. Shee was in bat in partie excusable. c 1450<br />
Mirk's Ftstial 140 Forto schew you how vengabull God ys<br />
apon horn i>at ben lef forto sched Cristys bfod. 1529 S.<br />
Fish Supplic. Beggers 3 Whate tiraunt euer oppressed the<br />
people like this cruell and vengeable generacion? 1547<br />
^ooRViZlntrod. Kno7vl. xvii. (1870) 167 There is a beast called<br />
a Bouy, lyke a Bugle, whyche is a vengeable beast. 1573<br />
G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 138 To be notoriously<br />
revenged on this vengeable feende. c 1610 Sir J. Melvil<br />
Mem. (1735)206 The Appetites of envious, vengeable and<br />
greedy Counsellors. 1640 Bastwick Lord Bishops iii. C 3,<br />
Who should prove the most vengaijle instruments of persecuting<br />
and oppressing Gods true children. i866 Grecor<br />
Banffsk. Gloss. 232 Rottans are vengeable craiturs on young<br />
deuks.<br />
b. Of the mind, will, etc,<br />
1411-IS HoccLEVE De Reg. Princ. 2330 He rathir chees<br />
be disobedient To his vengetible wil,.. Than be forsworn of<br />
Jjathe swoor so depe. 1513 Bradshaw^/. Werburge i. 1041<br />
His vengeable mynde washymselfetomagnyfy..Ordestroye<br />
hymselfe. 1539 Cromwell in MerrimanZ-z/^^ Lett. {1902)<br />
II. 169 His Inique covetous and vengeable disposicion.<br />
1540 Hyrde tr. Vivcs' Imtr. Chr. IVom. (1592) H iiij, To<br />
keepe her vengeable mind unto.. occasion of revengeiuent.<br />
C. Of weapons,<br />
c 1400 HoccLEVE Compl. Virgin 179 Wei feele I J?at deeth<br />
his vengeable bowe Hath bent, & me purposith doun to<br />
throwe. 1430-40 IVycliffite Bible, Rom. xiii. 4 (Cardwell<br />
MS.), For not withoute cause he berith the vengeable swerd.<br />
2. Characterized by, arising from, vengeance or<br />
revenge; cruel, dreadful.<br />
f 1430 HoccLEVE Min. Poems 71/128 pat the feend..Ne<br />
sese hem nat in the vengeable day ! c 1440 Capgrave Li/e<br />
St. Katlt. IV. 14 14 5e shulde not suffren }p\s cristen foolk<br />
here Repreue oure goddis with swiche veniable manere.<br />
1509 Barclay ShypofFolys (1570) 201 For none. .This hurt<br />
outchaseih which is so vengeable. 1582 STANVHURST.
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