Middle English Dictionary Entry
venǧeresse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | venǧeresse n. Also veniouresse, veinjouresse; pl. vengeresses, vengerisse, (late) vengerousses. |
| Etymology | AF venger(r)esse n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A female avenger.
Associated quotations
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)69b/b : Vltrix: a veynjowresse [Hrl 1738: veniouresse].
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.m.12.34 : The thre goddesses, furiis and vengeresses [vr. vengerisse] of felonyes…wepyn teeris for pite.
- ?a1500 Walton Boeth.(Hrl 43)p.208 : Vengerousses [Lin-C: The fuyres…ben vengoures of synne].