Middle English Dictionary Entry
esclaundren v.
Entry Info
| Forms | esclaundren v. Also asclaundren. |
| Etymology | OF esclandrir. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. ensclaundren, sclaundren.
1.
(a) To disgrace or discredit; (b) to defame or slander; (c) to accuse (a person of something discreditable).
Associated quotations
a
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)9.1080 : Thes cardynalis..The cherch esclaundrid cast hem to redresse.
b
- c1330 SMChron.(Auch)309 : Asclaundred þai were euerichon.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.491 : Thou of purpos for tesclaundre me Hast writt vngoodli a contrarious fable.
c
- a1450-a1475 Lydg.TB (Bergen)4.5767 : For ȝif so be, þat þou drede shame, To be esclaundrid [vrr. ensclaundrid, sclaundred] of so foule a dede.