shend

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛnd/
• Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

shend (third-person singular simple present shends, present participle shending, simple past and past participle shent)

1. (obsolete) To disgrace or put to shame.
   • c 1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene II

     Do you hear how we are shent for keeping your greatness back?

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

2. (archaic) To blame.
3. (archaic) To destroy; to spoil.
4. (archaic) To overpower; to surpass.

Conjugation

Conjugation of shend

infinitive	(to) shend
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	shend	shended
2nd-person singular
3rd-person singular	shends
plural	shend
subjunctive	shend	shended
imperative	shend	—
participles	shending	shended

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:shend.

Derived terms

• shendship

Anagrams

• Dehns, hends