▪ I. † ˈskander, n. Obs. rare.
Also 4 schaundre.
[ad. OF. escandre, var. of esclandre: see slander n.]
Slander, scandal.
| 1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 336 Of..Tomlyn,..and of Sir Alisandere,..þat boþe com in skandere for dedes þei did þore. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 421 He putte of þe schaundre of his moder. |
▪ II. † ˈskander, v. Obs. rare.
Also 5 skaunder.
[ad. OF. escandrer, var. of esclandrer: see slander v.]
trans. To bring into discredit; to slander.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 26221 For bath gain man, man seis him wirk, And þof skander hali kyrk. 1424 Paston Lett. I. 17 Walter..hath noysed and skaundered the seyd William. |