† ˈshondful, a. Obs.
[OE. sceandfull, f. OE. sceand shond n.1 + -ful.]
Shameful, disgraceful; infamous. Hence † ˈshondfully adv.
| a 900 O.E. Martyrol. 29 Aug. 156 He [John Baptist] wæs heafde becorfen for scandfulra wifa bene, and for..scondfulles ᵹebeorscypes hleahtre. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 31 Þis him wule þunche swiðe strong and swiðe scondful þet he [etc.]. c 1330 Arth. & Merl. 9198 Better is to sterue worþ⁓schipliche Þan long to liuen schandfulliche. |