† ashendv.
Obsolete.
To confound, ruin, disgrace; to reproach, curse.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > malediction > [verb (transitive)]
waryc725
accurselOE
forcurse1154
cursec1175
for-waryc1175
bana1275
ashend1297
to bid (something) misadventurec1330
shrew1338
beshrew1377
maledighta1400
to fare (also go, come) to mischancec1400
defyc1430
destinya1450
condemn1489
detest1533
adjure1539
beshrompa1549
widdle1552
becurse1570
malison1588
consecrate1589
exaugurate1600
execrate1612
imprecate1616
blasta1634
damna1640
vote1644
to swear at ——1680
devote1749
maledict1780
comminate1801
bless1814
peste1824
cuss1863
bedamn1875
mugger1951
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 263 Hii adde alle ybe assend, ȝif þe niȝt nadde ybe.
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) l. 9015 Þou letest vs alle asende [c1275 Calig. scenden].
c1300 Beket 458 He wold al that lond with thulke worth aschende.
c1300 Beket 2383 Vyllokere than eni theof that folc him ther aschende.
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