Middle English Dictionary Entry
scandle n.
Entry Info
| Forms | scandle n. Also schaundle. |
| Etymology | OF escandle, eschandle, AF scandle & L scandalum. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Discredit to religion resulting from the misbehavior of a religious person; also, the causing of such discredit.
Associated quotations
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)11/1 : Ah hwer se wummon liueð oðer mon bi him ane, hearmite oðer ancre, of þinges wið uten hwer of scandle ne cume nis nawt muche strengðe.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)57/5 : Ah ear þen þet biddunge areare eani scandle [Nero: schaundle], ear deie martir in hire meoseise.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)62/12 : Hondlunge oðer ei felunge bitweone mon & ancre is þing swa uncumelich & dede se scheomelich & se naket sunne to al þe world se eatelich & se muche scandle [Nero: schaundle; Cleo: scheonde] þet nis na neod to speoken ne writen þer toȝeines.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)193/26 : Scandle is heaued sunne, þet is, þing swa iseid oðer idon þet me mei rihtliche turnen hit to uuele & sunegin þrefter þer þurh wið mis þoht, wið uuel word on hire, on oþre, & sungin ec wið dede.
- c1230 Ancr.(Corp-C 402)213/17 : Ihwear þah ant eauer ȝemeð ow þet nan from ow þurh ower untuhtle ne parti wið scandle.