10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VENGEABLE»
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Middle English Dictionary:
vengeable [vr. vaniabil]. cl450(el415) Roy.Serm. 11/21: Malicious and veniabull
wreches may well knowon bat bei be in be veye to-hell-warde as longe as pe
dwell in here cursed malice. (al464) Capgr. Chron. 57/13: Dccius regned ii 3ere,
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The Dialect of Banffshire: With a Glossary of Words Not in ...
VENGEABLE, a. cruel; destructive ; as, “ Rottans are vengeable craiturs on young
deuks.” VENGEABLE, adv. very much; as, “He's vengeable greedy; he can hardly
be honest.” WAALAQUYTE, n. “ Gehn't wir the will 0' Providence it we wir in,” ...
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A Glossary; Or Collection of Words, Phrases, Names and ...
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And though it be said that poyson will break a Venice 4"'/1"' > 53/ T- "97"-i» A 3-
glass, yet have we not met with any of that nature. VENGEABLE, a. Revengeful ...
Robert Nares, James-Orchard Halliwell, Thomas II Wright, 1859
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A glossary; or, Collection of words ... which have been ...
Vengeable, a. Revengeful, cruel. With that, one of his thrillant darts he threw,
Headed with yre, and vengeable despite. Spens. F. Q. II. iv. 46. Here it means
only terrible : Magdeburg be vengeable fellows ; they have almost marred all
duke ...
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Transactions of the Philological Society
Uplins, adv. upwards. Vengeable, a. cruel ; destructive ; as, " Rottans are
vmgealik craiturs on young deuks." Vengeable, adv. very much; as, "He's
vengeable greedy; he can hardly be honest." Waalaquyte, n. " Gehn't wir the will
o' Providence ...
Philological Society (Great Britain), 1866
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A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
VENGEABLE, a. Revengeful, cruel. With that, one of his thrillant darts he threw,
Headed with yre, and vengeable despite. Spent. F. Q. II. if. 46. Here it means only
terrible : Magdeburg be vengeable fellows ; they have almost marred all duke ...
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The English dialect dictionary
VENGEABLE, adj. and adv. Bnfil' [ve'ngabL] 1. adj. Cruel, destructive. Rottans are
vengeable eraiturs on young deuks. 2. adv. Excessively, very. He's vengeable
greedy; he can hardly be honest. VBNGEANCE,sb. Sc. Yks. Son]. Dev.
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The Gentleman's Magazine
P. 29. " Wepyng is wayt, vengeable this no nay." The earlier part of the line we do
not understand ; but there certainly should be a comma after ' vengeable.' ' This is
no nay,' is a common expression, meaning, ' This is not to be contradicted.
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the ...
"Wepyng is wayt, vengeable this no nay." The earlier part of the line we do not
understand ; but there certainly should be a comma after ' vengeable.' ' This is no
nay,' is a common expression, meaning, ' This is not to be contradicted.' P. 31.
Edward Cave, John Nichols, 1841
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The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, and ...
So I say, when we will go to the law, we must beware that it be done charitably,
not with a vengeable mind ; for whosoever seeketh to be avenged, he shall not
be blessed of God. Again, whosoever suffereth wrong at his neighbour's hand,
and ...
Hugh Latimer, John Watkins, 1824
