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shend

/ʃɛnd/

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From Middle English schenden, from Old English sċendan (“to put to shame, blame, disgrace”), from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan (“to scold, berate”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem- (“to cover”). Cognate with Dutch schenden (“to infringe, profane, defile”), German schänden (“defile”). Related to Old English sċand (“infamy, shame, scandal”). More at shand, shame.

verb shends · shending · shent

obsolete To disgrace or put to shame. Her fawning love with foule disdainefull spight He would not shend
archaic To blame.
archaic To destroy; to spoil. Go see their fleet and arms, their manner view / of moulded metal, ready all to shend[.]
archaic To overpower; to surpass. Since sware the Parcæ unto me, their friend, / they shall adore my name, my favour prize; / and, as their feats of armèd prowess shend / all feats of rival Rome, I lief devise / some mode of aidance in what things I may, / far as our force o'er man extendeth sway.

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@misc{shend_2026,
  title = {shend},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shend},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}