venjance

Old French

Alternative forms

vengance
vengeance (late Old French)
vengeaunce (late Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

vengier +‎ -ance.

Noun

venjance oblique singular, f (oblique plural venjances, nominative singular venjance, nominative plural venjances)

revenge; vengeance
- c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 68, line 420:
  volt Tristran dunc quere venjance
  Tristan wants therefore to seek vengeance

Descendants

→ English: vengeance
French: vengeance

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