▪ I. † shent, n. Sc. Obs. rare.
In 4–5 schent.
[var. of shend n.]
Disgrace.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints i. (Petrus) 535 Sic schent and schame at hart had he. c 1470 Gol. & Gaw. 1077 The sege that schrenkis for na schame, the schent might hym schend. |
▪ II. † shent, a. Obs. rare—1.
[Of obscure origin.]
Free, exempt.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 8119 Þi worship is went & wastid for euer, Of shame & shenship shent bes þou neuer. |
▪ III. shent, ppl. a. Now arch.
(ʃɛnt)
Also 5 schent.
[pa. pple. of shend v.1]
Disgraced, lost, ruined; stupefied.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 10348 And shamfully a shent mon he shope to the dethe. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 445/1 Schent, or blamyd, culpatus, vituperatus. Schent, ful lost, confusus, destructus. 1570 Levins Manip. 66/21 Shent, perditus. 1632 Lithgow Trav. ii. 44 Arcadia poore and shent. a 1850 Rossetti Dante & Circle i. (1874) 91 Till, starting up in wild bewilderment, I do become so shent That I go forth, lest folk misdoubt of it. |
▪ IV. † shent, v. Obs.
[Of obscure origin: cf. shunt v. and shend v.]
intr. To hesitate.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 481 As maner is of maydons..: Shentyng for shame to shew furth þere ernd. |
▪ V. shent
obs. form of shend v.