- wreche
- I., sb. == vengeance. RG. 380, 419. AS. wræcII., == misery. RG. 252. But we should probably read ‘wrechede’
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wreche
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Wreche — Wreche, n. Wreak. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wreche — … Useful english dictionary
blood will have blood — Violence begets violence. Cf. GENESIS ix. 6 (AV) Who so sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed. a 1449 J. LYDGATE Minor Poems (EETS) 512 Blood will have wreche [vengeance], that wrongfully is spent. 1559 Mirror for Magistrates… … Proverbs new dictionary
wretche — var. wreche n. Obs … Useful english dictionary
