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sceand

  • noun [ feminine ]
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sceand, e ; f.
shame, disgrace, infamy, ignominy
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  • Byþ ðám scand and sceamu operiantur confusione et pudore, Ps. Th. 70, 12. Ig*-*nominium sconde hléwung (cf. (?) ge-léwan) sive fraceþu,

    idem et infa*-*mium

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 30.

  • Sume wurdon getawod tó scande

    some were shamefully entreated

    ,
      Chr. 1076; Erl. 214, 39.

  • Is him óðer earfeþu scyldgum tó sconde. Exon. Th. 78,

      14; Cri. 1274.

  • Sylfum tó sconde

    to thine own disgrace

    ,
      90, 27; Cri. 1480.

  • Ðú sceonde æt mé [ne] anfénge ac gefeán eallum

    thou gottest not disgrace from me, but gladness ever

    ,
      Cd. Th. 54, 9 ; Gen. 874.

  • Ne þurfun gé wénan ðæt gé mec mid searocræftum under scæd sconde (

    with ignominy

    ) scúfan mótan,
      Exon. Th. 142, 20; Gú. 647.

  • Unwlite oððe sconde

    dedecus

    .
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 35.

  • Hí sceande ágon

    confundantur

    .
      Ps. Th. 108, 27.

  • Sceonde fremman ylda bearnum

    to bring disgrace on men

    ,
      Cd. Th. 149, 3 ; Gen. 2469.
a shameful, infamous, or abominable thing, what brings disgrace
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  • Ðonne is suíðe micel scand

    ignominiosum valde est, Past. 22, 2 ; Swt. 173, l. Hé ne wolde ða sceonde (the drunkenness of Noah )

    hleómágum helan.
      Cd. Th. 95, 20; Gen. 1581.
  • Scande ignominia (v. second passage in I.), Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 19. Flǽ sc scandum þurhwaden, Exon. Th. 78, 32 ; Cri. 1283. Ðú ðone líchoman scondum gewemdest, 91, 5 ; Cri. 1487. Áscamode, scondum gedreahte, 79, 32 ; Cri. 1299. Geseoh ða scande and ða wierrestan þing ðe ðás menn hér dóþ vide abominationes pessimas, quas isti faciunt hic,
      Past. 21, 3 ; Swt. 153, 20 : Swt. 155, 9. Sconde, Swt. 155, 8.
Etymology
[Þatt wass hiss aȝhenn shame & shande, Orm. 11956. He makede to sconde he disgraced, Laym. 7032. Unk schal itide harm and schonde, O. and N. 1733. ÞU schalt haue schonde, Horn. 714. To spouse þe emperoures doȝter yt ner hym no schonde, R. Glouc. 65, 12. Goth. skanda αἰσχύνη : O. H. Ger. scanta ignominia, confusio.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sceand.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26570.

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