† vengesourn.
Obsolete. rare.
An avenger.
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society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] > one who inflicts
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > avenger of injured or injury
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xxvi. 25 And I shal brynge vpon ȝow a swerd, vengesoure [a1425 L.V. vengere] of my boond of pees.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Numb. xxxv. 25 The hoond of the vengesour.
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