ˈwrakeful, a. Obs.
[f. wrake n.1 + -ful. Cf. wrackful a.1, wreakful a.]
1. Vengeful; = wrackful a.1
| a 1225 [implied in wrakefully]. c 1480 Henryson Test. Cres. 329 Ane wraikfull sentence geuin on fair Cresseid. |
2. Of persons: Revengeful, vindictive.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter xvii. 51 (E.), Leser min be niht and dai Fra mi faes wrakeful [v.r. wrathful] are. |
3. ? Wicked; sinful.
| c 1310 in Wright Lyric P. iv. 23 This wrakeful werkes under wede in soule soteleth sone. |
4. Sc. Destructive.
| c 1625 Bisset's Rolment (S.T.S.) I. 22 Evin in this act, thow rearest a Monument That all the spyte of wraikfull tyme out faces. |
Hence † ˈwrakefully adv., vengefully. Obs.
| a 1225 Ancr. R. 364 Wule God so wrakefuliche awreken him upon sunne? a 1225 Leg. Kath. 2047 (Royal MS.), Hu wrakefulliche [Cott. MS. wrakeliche] wenestu wule he ant wreððe uppon þe, wrecche! |