ywroken
English
Etymology
From Old English ġeƿrecan, ġewrecan.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈɹəʊkən/
Verb
ywroken
- (obsolete) past participle of wreak
Adjective
ywroken (comparative more ywroken, superlative most ywroken)
- (archaic) Avenged.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- The Prince […] Pursu'd him streight; in mynd to bene ywroken / Of all the vile demeane and usage bad […].