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)

1. 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