† shendshipn.
Obsolete.
a. Disgrace, ignominy; an instance of this. Also, something that is a cause of disgrace.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun]
unworshipc888
bismerc893
shameOE
shondOE
shendnessc1000
shendinga1220
shendlaca1225
slander1297
brixlea1300
shendship1303
hounteec1330
dishonourc1380
reproofc1380
defamationa1387
dishonestyc1386
hountagec1390
defamea1393
disworshipa1400
mishonoura1400
villainya1400
shendc1400
rebukec1425
contemptc1430
reproach?a1439
reprobationa1450
disfamec1460
opprobry?a1475
lackc1480
shentc1480
vitupery1489
defamy1490
opprobre1490
dain?a1500
contemnment1502
ignominy?1527
scandalization1530
ignomy1534
contumely1555
disglory1567
dehonestationa1575
disgrace1592
attainder1597
disreputation1601
defaming1611
ignominiousness1655
adoxy1656
opprobrium1684
shonda1961
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > cause of disgrace
shendship1303
stone of stumbling (scandal, slander, etc.)a1382
lackc1480
dishonour1553
discredit1574
disgrace1590
shame1609
opprobrium1656
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 8250 Þat name Ys our shenshyp and oure shame.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 3294 & now he me wil sle wiþ schenschipe.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7877 Bot now will I specialy shew yhow mare Of seven maners of blysses þare, And of seven schenschepes in helle alle-swa.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 556 Þat were a schamly schenchip to schende me euer.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 199 To muchel am I peyned for the thynges that I neuere deserued, and to muche defouled for shendshipe that man is worthy to haue.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18172 Wi quat ert þou þat es sa wight Vr scenscep for to scau to dright?
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17470 Bot wat yee þar-wit quat þai wan Scencip and scam o mani man.
c1425 Eng. Conq. Irel. xlv. 114 To-day he wold do the wyrshype, tomorow he wold the reue to do shendshype [c1440 shenshipp].
c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 4 He wold here selle þat he had boȝt, And schenchypus here þat he haþ soȝt.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4486 For thing þat meke men oft amendes, God to schrewes to senschipe sends.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xii. xiii. 609 God saue yow this day from senshyp and shame.
c1480 (a1400) St. Katherine 306 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 451 At scho mycht sic defence ma, þat it war senschepe till hir fa.
1493 Dives & Pauper (W. de W.) iv. i. 161/1 His childern sholde be shame & shenshyp to hym.
b. = shame n. rare.
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Lev. xx. 11 He that slepith with his stepdam, and opneth the shenship [L. ignominiam] of his fader, thurȝ deth dien thei bothe.
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