wreakern.

Brit.

/ˈriːkə/, U.S.

/ˈrikər/

Forms: Also Middle English wreker(e, Middle English -ar, 1500s Scottish wrekar.

Etymology: < wreak v. + -er suffix¹. Compare Old High German rechâri (Middle High German -ære , -er , German rächer ), Middle Low German wreker , wrecher , (Middle) Dutch wreker , and wrecher n. at wreche v. Derivatives.

Now archaic and rare.

One who takes vengeance; an avenger.

ΘΚΠ

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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a1300 E.E. Psalter viii. 3 Þat þou for-do Þe faa, þe wreker him vnto.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iv. pr. iv. 128 Ne seek no foreyn wrekere [1560 wreckerie] out of þi self, for þou þi self hast þrest þe in to wicked þinges.

c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 361 The stork the wrekere of a-vouterye.

a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 18 That thow destroye the enemy and the wrekere.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 201 b/2 This holy man was a grete wreker and auenger on hymself.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. ix. 81 Tysyphone, the wrekar of misdedis.

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. sig. S.j Brutus, mischief wreaker.

1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 68 The storke..ys a greater wreaker of the adulterye of his owne kynde.]

1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xi. 200 For him she left indeed All woes that a mother's wreakers to dreadful end may speed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wreaker
释义	wreakern. Brit. /ˈriːkə/, U.S. /ˈrikər/ Forms: Also Middle English wreker(e, Middle English -ar, 1500s Scottish wrekar. Etymology: < wreak v. + -er suffix¹. Compare Old High German rechâri (Middle High German -ære , -er , German rächer ), Middle Low German wreker , wrecher , (Middle) Dutch wreker , and wrecher n. at wreche v. Derivatives. Now archaic and rare. One who takes vengeance; an avenger. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > retributive punishment > [noun] > one who inflicts wreakera1300 wrechera1325 vengera1340 vengesour1382 avenger1388 vengeancerc1440 revengera1522 nemesis1542 alastor1603 vindicator1827 retributor1844 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > avenger of injured or injury wreakera1300 wrechera1325 vengera1340 vengesour1382 vengeancerc1440 revengera1522 avenger1535 vindicator1827 a1300 E.E. Psalter viii. 3 Þat þou for-do Þe faa, þe wreker him vnto. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iv. pr. iv. 128 Ne seek no foreyn wrekere [1560 wreckerie] out of þi self, for þou þi self hast þrest þe in to wicked þinges. c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 361 The stork the wrekere of a-vouterye. a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 18 That thow destroye the enemy and the wrekere. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 201 b/2 This holy man was a grete wreker and auenger on hymself. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. ix. 81 Tysyphone, the wrekar of misdedis. 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. sig. S.j Brutus, mischief wreaker. 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 68 The storke..ys a greater wreaker of the adulterye of his owne kynde.] 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xi. 200 For him she left indeed All woes that a mother's wreakers to dreadful end may speed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1300
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