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▪ I. † shent, n. Sc. Obs. rare.
In 4–5 schent.
[var. of shend n.]
Disgrace.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints i. (Petrus) 535 Sic schent and schame at hart had he. c1470Gol. & Gaw. 1077 The sege that schrenkis for na schame, the schent might hym schend.
▪ II. † shent, a. Obs. rare—1.
[Of obscure origin.]
Free, exempt.
c1400Destr. Troy 8119 Þi worship is went & wastid for euer, Of shame & shenship shent bes þou neuer.
▪ III. shent, ppl. a. Now arch.|ʃɛnt|
Also 5 schent.
[pa. pple. of shend v.1]
Disgraced, lost, ruined; stupefied.
c1400Destr. Troy 10348 And shamfully a shent mon he shope to the dethe. c1440Promp. Parv. 445/1 Schent, or blamyd, culpatus, vituperatus. Schent, ful lost, confusus, destructus. 1570Levins Manip. 66/21 Shent, perditus. 1632Lithgow Trav. ii. 44 Arcadia poore and shent. a1850Rossetti Dante & Circle i. (1874) 91 Till, starting up in wild bewilderment, I do become so shent That I go forth, lest folk misdoubt of it.
▪ IV. † shent, v. Obs.
[Of obscure origin: cf. shunt v. and shend v.]
intr. To hesitate.
c1400Destr. Troy 481 As maner is of maydons..: Shentyng for shame to shew furth þere ernd.
▪ V. shent
obs. form of shend v. |