a. Obs. Also 3–4 wrech-; 4 wrac(c)h-, 5 wreechful. [f. WRECHE sb. + -FUL. Cf. WREAKFUL a.] Vengeful; revengeful.
c. 1290. St. Edmund, 333, in S. Eng. Leg., I. 309. God … nis nouȝt so wrechful ase men weneth.
1387. Trevisa, Higden, I. 377. Seyntes and halowes of þis lond beeþ more wrecheful þan seyntes of oþer londes. Ibid. (1398), Barth. De P. R., XVIII. xii. (B.M. Add. MS.). No creature is more wrecheful … þan is þe bee whanne he is ywraþþed.
a. 1400. New Test. (Paues), 1 Thess. iv. 6. God is wrachful of alle suche men.
c. 1410. Lantern of Light, 99. He smytiþ not to venge is owene wreechful herte but to do þe wille of God & saue his neibours soule.
