shend verb. [ʃɛnd] Now arch. & dial. Pa. t. & pple shent [ʃɛnt].
[Old English sćendan put to shame, ruin, discomfit = Old Low German scendian (Dutch schenden), Old High German scentan (German schänden) from West Germanic base also of SHAME verb.]
1. verb trans. Put to shame or confusion; confound, disgrace. OE.
■ Spenser The famous name of knighthood fowly shend.
b. Outshine; put to shame by superiority. rare (Spenser). Only in L16.

2. verb trans. Blame, reproach; scold; in pass., be punished. OE.
■ Browning Masters being lauded and sciolists shent.

3. verb trans. Destroy, ruin, bring to destruction. Also, injure, damage, spoil. OE.
b. Disfigure; corrupt; defile. Long obsolete exc. poet. OE.
c. Overcome with fatigue; bewilder, stupefy. LME.
Outlook I stood utterly shent and powerless.

4. verb trans. Defeat in battle, in a dispute, etc. OE-E19.

5. verb intrans. Become ruined or spoilt; suffer shame or disgrace. LME-M16.

■ shending verbal noun the action of the verb; confusion, disgrace: ME.

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