Definitions For Shend

Verb

shends , shending , shent (obsolete) To disgrace or put to shame. : (Edmund Spenser) (archaic) To blame. (archaic) To destroy; to spoil. (archaic) To overpower; to surpass.

Conjugation

{{en-conj, shend, shent, shent, shending, shends}}

Quotations

{{seeCites, en}}

Derived terms

shendship

Etymology

From Middle English shenden, from {{inh, en, ang, sċendan, t=to put to shame, blame, disgrace}}, from {{inh, en, gem-pro, skandijaną, t=to scold, berate}}, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *(s)kem-, t=to cover}}. Cognate with {{cog, nl, schenden, t=to infringe, profane, defile}}, {{cog, de, schänden, t=defile}}, {{cog, da, skænde, t=defile}}. Related to {{cog, ang, sċand, t=infamy, shame, scandal}}. More at shand, shame.

Anagrams

Dehns, hends