ˈshending, vbl. n. Obs. exc. arch.
[-ing1.]
The action of shend v.1; confusion, disgrace.
| a 1220 Bestiary 441 Deuel geld swilk billing wið same and wið sending. a 1300 Cursor M. 2266 For-þi þat tour hatt babilone, þat schending es wit outen soyne. c 1400 Laud Troy Bk. 9954 Suche maystry, That the schal lede..In foule schendyng, Al thi lyff to thyn endyng. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 445/1 Schendynge, or blamynge, culpacio... Schendynge, or fulle vndoynge, confusio. c 1520 Nisbet Epist. Ald Test. xxxix, Thi pepile ar in schenting to almen [Vulg. in opprobrium sunt omnibus] be our cumpas. 1935 J. D. Wilson What happens in Hamlet vi. 203 The King at his prayers, the shending of Gertrude, the slaying of Polonius, Hamlet's departure to England. |