different between hende vs shende

English

Etymology

From Old English ?ehende.

Adjective

hende (comparative more hende, superlative most hende)

1. (obsolete) Near, close at hand, handy.
2. (obsolete) Courteous, gracious.

   • Late 14th century: Oure Hoost þo spak, “A, sire, ye sholde be hende / And curteys, as a man of youre estaat” — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Friar's Prologue’, Canterbury Tales (OUP 1988, p. 122)
   • 14th century: And if he were so hende and so wis / Þat she ne my?t al abate his pris, / Yit wolde she blame his worþynesse / Or by hir wordis make it lesse. — Geoffrey Chaucer, The Romaunt of the Rose (OUP 1988, p. 689-90)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse henna, the dative of hón (“she”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hen?], [hinn?]

Pronoun

hende

1. (personal) objective case of hun (“she”): her

See also

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ende.

Noun

hende

1. Alternative form of ende (“end”)

Etymology 2

From Old English æned.

Noun

hende

1. Alternative form of ende (“duck”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse henda

Verb

hende (present tense hender, past tense hendte, past participle hendt)

1. to happen, occur

Derived terms

• hendelse

References

• “hende” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “hende_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse henda

Verb

hende (present tense hender, past tense hende, past participle hendt, passive infinitive hendast, present participle hendande, imperative hend)

1. to happen, occur

Alternative forms

• henda

References

• “hende” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese gente and Spanish gente and Kabuverdianu gentis.

Noun

hende

1. man (human being)
2. person
3. someone

English

Verb

shende (third-person singular simple present shendes, present participle shending, simple past and past participle shent)

1. Obsolete spelling of shend

Anagrams

• neshed