ywrokenadj.
/ɪˈrəʊk(ə)n/ archaic.
Avenged; taken vengeance upon, punished. (In quots. chiefly as past participle.)
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [adjective] > punished retributively
ywrokenc893
the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > avenged or taken vengeance upon
ywrokenc893
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. xiv Ær hie þæt gewrecen hæfden.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1856 Symeon and leui..hauen here sister ðor i-wreken.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xx. 203 Ȝif þow wilt ben ywroken wende in-to vnite.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 4416 As þu art man for-þe, Loke on him i-wrokin be.
14.. Tundale's Vis. (Turnbull) 1304 But they schall soo y-wrekyd bee That non of hem schall see the.
c1430 J. Lydgate Misc. Poems (Percy Soc.) 41 Ther was no speke y-broke, Nor wrestelyng wherby he was y-wroke.
1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. E2 Through iudgement of the Gods to been ywroken.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed Concl., in Tales Crusaders II. 332 Vanda's wrong has been y-wroken.
a1835 W. Motherwell Clerke Richard & Maid Margaret xi And now that hatred was ywroken, A wondrous joy in them had sprung.
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