awreak

English

Etymology

Old English awrecan, corresponding to a- +‎ wreak.

Verb

awreak

  1. (obsolete) To avenge, take vengeance on.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter x, in Le Morte Darthur, book I:
      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

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