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▪ I. † sdeign, n. Obs. rare.
In 6 sdeigne, sdaine.
[ad. It. sdegno, f. sdegnare: see next.]
Disdain.
1594Spenser 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.
1590Spenser 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. 1596C. Fitzgeffrey Sir F. Drake xxv. B 5, Sdaine nott that our harsh plaints should beate your eares. 1599H. Buttes Dyets Drie Dinner A a 3, Come welcome Guest: s'deigne not..this shot-free entertainement. 1614Drummond 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. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 50 Lifted up so high I sdeind subjection.
2. intr. = disdain v. 3.
1590Marlowe Edw. II, v. ii. H 4 b, Why yongling, s'dainst thou so of Mortimer? |