Middle English Dictionary Entry
sclaundrǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | sclaundrǒus adj. |
| Etymology | From sclaundre n.; also cp. OF esclandreux. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Calumnious; defamatory; also, blasphemous; (b) insulting, disrespectful; (c) scandalous, outrageous; horrible.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425 Mirror LM&W (Hrl 45)141/33 : The fifte vice is sclaunder or blaspheme of God and his halowes, as whan some foles..seith many sclaundres wordes of hem.
- (1429) Pat.R.Hen.VI31 : Non of the xxiiij aldermen xal..coumforten no maner of persone..in spekyng of sclaundrous wordes.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)132/24 : Frer, þe wordys arn non heresye; þei arn slawnderows wordys & erroneows.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.1227 : Whan that worshepe..Is slayn..be sclaundrous report, Bet is off deth the dreedful peyne endure.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.608 : For thouh a tunge be sclandrous & vengable, To sclandre ageyn is nothyng comendable.
- c1450(c1440) Scrope Othea (StJ-C H.5)64/12 : An yvill kepte tonge..is sclaundrous and sowith discordes.
- a1500 GRom.(Add 9066)59 : Thei speken many faire wordes, and all are false and sclaunderous.
b
- (1397) RParl.3.379a : In that that I sclaundred my Loord, I knowleche that I dede evyll and wykkedly, in that that I spake it unto hym in sclaunderouse wyse in audience of other folk.
c
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.5143 : The crokid fame sprad bothe ferr & neer Of this vengable, hasti, fel woodnesse, The hair infectyng with sclaundrous foul blaknesse.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)202/6 : Take me a taylours man and wom[a]n of powr degre, and loke whethir thei be nat bolde to wer suche arraye as dothe a..knyght..This fawte that is right sclaunderous comethe of higher than thou or I.
2.
(a) Disgraceful, dishonorable; (b) disgraced, dishonored; notorious; (c) constituting a scandal or an offense.
Associated quotations
a
- (1419) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)99/13 : For exclusion & puttyng a-wey of þis opyn & sclaunderouse deceyt, here with-yn þis Citee late practisid and bygonne.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)424/583 : My grete offence to the I am aknowe, My sclandrous gilt, my trespace most horryble.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)5422 : His deth was shameful eke, And sclaunderouse in cite & shire.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.201 : Þe maner of comenant semyth wyckyd & slaundrous to folc þat knowyn nout his intencion.
- a1500(c1410) Dives & P.(Htrn 270)2.233 : His synne be wol opyn & wol slaunderous and wol noyous.
b
- (1402) Hoccl.Cupid (Hnt HM 744)67 : Is this honour, A man himself to accuse & diffame..And brynge a womman to a sclaundrous name?
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.372 : I haue gret cause to compleyne & weepe My sclaundrous lyff.
c
- c1450(?c1400) Wycl.Elucid.(StJ-C G.25)28 : Whanne þei [priests] ben sclaundrouse & viciouse, þe hedes of þe chirche schulden chastise hem.