v. Obs. Forms: 4–6 bewreke, 6 -wreake, -wrecke. [ME. bewreke, f. BE- 2 + wreke, WREAK v.] trans. To avenge; to give vent in action to (incensed feelings). Cf. AWREAK.
c. 1325. Coer de L., 6283. I wole me off hym so bewreke.
1430. Lydg., Chron. Troy, II. xvi. Our iuste sorowe Compelleth vs … On Troyan our harmes to bewreke.
1523. Ld. Berners, Froiss., I. ccxlvii. 368. He thought it shulde be a great crueltie, if he shulde bewreke his displeasur on them.
1559. Mirr. Mag., 120 (T.). Yet was I, or I parted thence, bewreckt.
1586. J. Hooker, Irel., in Holinshed, II. 59/1. Euen with that weapon … they will … bewreake their malice.
