different between shend vs hend

English

Etymology

From Middle English shenden, from Old English s?endan (“to put to shame, blame, disgrace”), from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan (“to scold, berate”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kem- (“to cover”). Cognate with Dutch schenden (“to infringe, profane, defile”), German schänden (“defile”). Related to Old English s?and (“infamy, shame, scandal”). More at shand, shame.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

shend (third-person singular simple present shends, present participle shending, simple past and past participle shent)

1. (obsolete) To disgrace or put to shame.
   • c 1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act 5, Scene II

     Do you hear how we are shent for keeping your greatness back?

2. (archaic) To blame.
3. (archaic) To destroy; to spoil.
4. (archaic) To overpower; to surpass.

Conjugation

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:shend.

Derived terms

• shendship

Anagrams

• Dehns, hends

English

Etymology

From Middle English henden, from Old English *hendan, ?ehendan (“take hold of”), from Proto-Germanic *handijan? (“to grasp; grab by hand”). Cognate with Old Frisian henda (“to take hold of; seize”), Icelandic henda (“to take hold of by hand; seize; fling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

hend (third-person singular simple present hends, present participle hending, simple past and past participle hended)

1. (obsolete) To take hold of; to grasp, hold.
   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, vol. 1

     Presently the cloud opened and behold, within it was that Jinni hending in hand a drawn sword, while his eyes were shooting fire sparks of rage.

Anagrams

• Dehn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hend n (definite singular hendet, indefinite plural hend, definite plural henda)

1. (rare) alternative form of hende n

Participle

hend (neuter hendt, definite singular and plural hende)

1. past participle of henda

Verb

hend

1. imperative of henda
2. (non-standard since 2012) supine of henda

References

• “hend” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English henden, from Old English *hendan, ?ehendan, from Proto-West Germanic *handijan.

Verb

hend (simple past hent)

1. to hold

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN