Crossword clues for shend
shend
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shend \Shend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shent; p. pr. & vb. n. Shending.] [AS. scendan to disgrace, bring to shame, from sceand, sceond, disgrace, dishonor, shame; akin to G. schande, Goth. skanda. See Shame, n.]
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To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. [Obs.] ``Loss of time shendeth us.''
--Chaucer.I fear my body will be shent.
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To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or put to shame. [Archaic]
--R. Browning.The famous name of knighthood foully shend.
--Spenser.She passed the rest as Cynthia doth shend The lesser stars.
--Spenser.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"shame, disgrace" (obsolete or dialectal), Old English scand "ignominy, shame, confusion, disgrace; scandal, disgraceful thing; wretch, impostor, infamous man; bad woman," from the source of Old English scamu "shame" (see shame (n.)) + -þa, with change of -m- to -n- before a dental (compare Old Frisian skande, Dutch schande, Old High German scanda, German Schande "disgrace"). Also in early Modern English as a verb, shend (Old English scendan) "put to shame; blame, reproach; bring to ruin."\n
\nIt was active in forming compounds, such as shendful (Old English scandful) "shameful," shendship "disgrace;" Old English scandhus "house of ill-fame," scandlic "shameful," scandlufiende "loving shamefully," scandword "obscene language").
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context obsolete English) To disgrace or put to shame. 2 (context archaic English) To blame. 3 (context archaic English) To destroy, to spoil.
Wikipedia
Shend or Shand may refer to:
- Shend, Razavi Khorasan
- Shend, Sistan and Baluchestan
- Shand, South Khorasan
Usage examples of "shend".
In this ungirt hour there imported himself into our life a youngish-looking middle-aged man of the name of Shend, with a blurred face and deprecating eyes.
There we lay off Funchal for weeks, while Shend did miracles of luxury and attendance through deputies, and never once asked how his guests were enjoying themselves.
I never met a man who so nobly gave and so nobly received thanks as Shend did.
Attley stood it out, visibly yellowing, till the next meal, and followed suit, and Shend and I had the little table all to ourselves.
I wrote my requisition to the doctor while Shend was struggling to his feet.
The ranger and the guard, Shend, followed Lord Mourngrym out of the courtroom.