▪ I. † sdeign, n. Obs. rare.
In 6 sdeigne, sdaine.
[ad. It. sdegno, f. sdegnare: see next.]
Disdain.
| 1594 Spenser Amoretti v, Scorn of base things, & sdeigne of foule dishonor. 1596 ― F.Q. v. v. 51 So she departed, full of griefe and sdaine. |
▪ II. † sdeign, v. Obs.
Also 6 s'dain, sdaine, sdayn, s'deigne, 7 sdain, sdein.
[ad. It. sdegnare, aphetic var. of disdegnare to disdain. Sometimes used as an English shortening of disdain.]
1. trans. = disdain v. in various senses.
| 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. i. 40 They sdeigned such lasciuious disport. Ibid. 55. 1591 ― M. Hubberd 679 As if he..sdeign'd the low degree. 1596 ― F.Q. v. v. 44 Yet durst she not disclose her fancies wound,..for doubt of being sdayned. 1596 C. Fitzgeffrey Sir F. Drake xxv. B 5, Sdaine nott that our harsh plaints should beate your eares. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Drie Dinner A a 3, Come welcome Guest: s'deigne not..this shot-free entertainement. 1614 Drummond of Hawthornden Tears Death Mœliades A 3 b, The Shepheards left their Flocks with downe-cast Eyes, Sdaining to looke vp to the angrie Skies. 1667 Milton P.L. iv. 50 Lifted up so high I sdeind subjection. |
2. intr. = disdain v. 3.
| 1590 Marlowe Edw. II, v. ii. H 4 b, Why yongling, s'dainst thou so of Mortimer? |