shend

[ shend ]

verb (used with object),shent, shend·ing.Archaic.
  1. to put to shame.

  2. to reproach or scold.

  1. to destroy or injure; damage.

Origin of shend

1
before 900; Middle English s(c)henden,Old English (ge)scendan (cognate with Dutch schenden,German schänden), derivative of scand shame, infamy

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British Dictionary definitions for shend

shend

/ (ʃɛnd) /


verbshends, shending or shent (ʃɛnt) (tr) archaic
  1. to put to shame

  2. to chide or reproach

  1. to injure or destroy

Origin of shend

1
Old English gescendan, from scand shame

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