Obs. [a. OF. vengement, f. venger VENGE v. Cf. AVENGEMENT.] Vengeance.
1338. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 197. I wille of þat feloun tak vengement, Þat so fordos my coroun.
1390. Gower, Conf., III. 282. His oghne brother therupon … Tok of that Senne vengement.
1484. Caxton, Curiall, 2. I telle to the that thy vengement shal engendre to the more greuous aduersytes.
1555. Watreman, Fardle Facions, App. 351. That thei should take vengemente vpon them, bothe by officer, and without.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., VI. iii. 18. Witnesse thereof he shew’d his head there left, And wretched life forlorne for vengement of his theft.
