▪ I. † shond, n.1 Obs.
Forms: 1 sceand, sceond, scond, 1–2 scand, 2–3 Ormin shande, 3 scond(e, sond(e, ssonde, 3–5 schonde, 4 schounde, schond, 4–5 shonde, (5 shont).
[Com. Teut.: OE. scand, scǫnd fem. corresponds to OFris. skonde, (M)Du., (M)LG. schande, OHG. scanta (MHG., mod.G. schande), Goth. skanda:—OTeut. *skandō, f. *skando- ashamed (OHG. scant, OE. as subst. masc. scand: see next):—*skamđo- pa. pple. of *skam-: see shame n.]
Shame, disgrace, infamy, ignominy; scandal. to do (someone) shond, to treat with indignity; to bring, make to shond, to disgrace, ruin.
| a 900 Cynewulf Crist 1274 Þonne is him oþer earfeþu swa some scyldᵹum to sconde. c 1100 O.E. Chron. (MS. D.) an. 1076, Sume ᵹe tawod to scande. c 1200 Ormin 11956 Forr þatt wass..Hiss aᵹhenn shame & shande. c 1205 Lay. 7032 Þe ȝunge wifmen & þe ælde he makeden to sconde. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2714 Ðat ðhuȝte moyses michel sond. 1297 R. Glouc. (Rolls) 1493 To spousy þe emperours doȝter hit nere him no ssonde. c 1315 Shoreham 7 Deadly Sins 45 Wyth schame and eke wyth schounde. c 1384 Chaucer H. Fame 88 And shelde hem fro pouerte and shonde. c 1400 St. Alexius 80 (Laud 463) Þou most þole shame & shonde, al for my sake. c 1450 Lovelich Grail xiv. 28 With his Ax he wrowhte hem Mochel schonde. |
▪ II. † shond, n.2 Obs.
Forms: 1 sceand, scond, 3 sconde.
[OE. scand, scǫnd: see prec.]
An infamous person, a deceiver, charlatan, recreant.
| c 725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) S 165 Scurra, scond. c 1000 ælfric Saints xvii. 159 Ac þyllice sceandas sceolan siðian to helle. c 1205 Lay. 23668 Beon he in ælche londe iqueðe for ane sconde. |
▪ III. † shond, v. Obs. rare.
[f. shond n.1 Cf. shend v.]
trans. To harm, injure.
| 1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1725) 226 Þe Sarazins do grete wreche, þe Cristen for to schond. c 1450 Lovelich Grail xiii. 886 For Erthly Man was non leveng In londe That so moche he hated, ne wolde schonde. |