vengeable

Arthur, and noble king that made me knight, wit you well I am right heavy for your sake, that ye thus sue upon me; and always I forbare you, for an I would have been vengeable, I might have met you in midst of the field, and there to have made your boldest knights full tame.

Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table 2003

"So faute thei, to gret harm of this nacion," says one queer old chronicle; and another says: "It was more to be noted vengeable, for there the father was slain of the son and the son of the father."

Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times Elbridge Streeter Brooks 1874

To children it longith {e} nat to be [vengeable, [11]] 80

Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

It is more easy to believe the statement that he was "extreme vengeable against any man that offended him, which was his greatest fault."

Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets George Reid 1862

Fabyan says, "it was more to be noted vengeable, for there the father was slain of the son, and the son of the father."

Henry of Monmouth, Volume 1 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth James Endell Tyler 1820

Diccon: it is a vengeable knaue gammer, tis a bonable horson,

Gammer Gurton's Needle Anonymous 1575

She was not vengeable ne cruel, but ready anon to forget ahd to forgive in - juries done unto her, at the least desire or motion made unto her for the same.

Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Seventeenth ... 1813

Lord! the great cheer that Sir Launcelot made of Sir Gareth and he of him, for there was never no knight that Sir Gareth loved so well as he did Sir Launcelot; and ever for the most part he would be in Sir Launcelot's company; for after Sir Gareth had espied Sir Gawaine's conditions, he withdrew himself from his brother, Sir Gawaine's, fellowship, for he was vengeable, and where he hated he would be avenged with murder, and that hated Sir Gareth.

Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Volume 1 1903

Then Sir Launcelot bade saddle his strongest horse, and bade let fetch his arms, and bring all unto the gate of the tower; and then Sir Launcelot spake on high unto King Arthur, and said: My lord Arthur, and noble king that made me knight, wit you well I am right heavy for your sake, that ye thus sue upon me; and always I forbare you, for an I would have been vengeable, I might have met you in midst of the field, and there to have made your boldest knights full tame.

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