Both Uses of
vengeance
in
Beowulf - (translated by: Ebbutt)
- This is doubtless her vengeance for thy slaying of Grendel; he is dead, and his kinswoman has come to avenge him.†
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- His fame as a warrior kept his country free from invasion, and his wisdom as a statesman increased its prosperity and happiness; whilst the vengeance he took for his kinsman's death fulfilled all ideals of family and feudal duty held by the men of his time.†
Definition:
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(vengeance as in: vengeance is mine) the act of taking revenge
(Revenge means to harm someone to get them back for something harmful that they have done.)