shend

[ shend ]

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.

, shent, shend·ing.

1. to put to shame.
2. to reproach or scold.
3. to destroy or injure; damage.

shend

/ ʃɛnd /

verb

1. to put to shame
2. to chide or reproach
3. to injure or destroy

Word History and Origins

Origin of shend¹

before 900; Middle English s ( c ) henden, Old English ( ge ) scendan (cognate with Dutch schenden, German schänden ), derivative of scand shame, infamy

Word History and Origins

Origin of shend¹

Old English gescendan, from scand shame

Example Sentences

Other wayes yf I wend, Wyld bestis wyll̴ me shend: 1545 Falshede, woo worth it aye! and resolves to fight.

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Florian sang again:-- "If you would live like a little bird, And have no cares to shend ye; Just marry, till the summer's round, Whome'er the spring may send ye."

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And all the fowl which in his flood did dwell 'Gan flock about these twain, that did excel The rest, so far as Cynthia doth shend The lesser stars.

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Shent, pa. t. shamed, disgraced, 2749; part. pa. shend, 2845.

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The Knight pressed into the place, An hundred followed him free, With bows bent and arrows sharp For to shend that company.

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