esclandrer (s.xiii)

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esclandrer (s.xiii)

[ FEW: 11,281b scandalum; Gdf: 3,400b esclandrer; GdfC: ; TL: 3,814 escandler; DEAF: ; DMF:  esclandrer; TLF: ; OED:  slander v.; MED:  esclaundren v. / sclaundren v.; DMLBS: ]
esclaundrer;  esclaunderer  

v.a.

1to slander
( MS: s.xiii )  calumnior: esclaundrer  166
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  si nul [...] maliciouscment esclaundre autre [...]  162
( 1403-04 )  esclaundrez par ascuns malveullantz, q’ils deussent avoir estee [...]  iii 526
to bring an accusation against
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  pur ceo qe ascuns sunt a tort esclaundrez [...] ordena le Rei H. le premer qe nul ne fust pris [...] pur esclaundre de pecchié mortel [...]  59
( 1327-28 )  […] ad esclaundré la chaumbre ma dame la reigne de sorcerie  131
( 1392-93 )  [...] qe certeines gentz luy avoient accusez et esclaundrez au roi et as seignurs [...] des heynouses maters  iii 300
to bring into disrepute
( s.xiii; MS: c.1307-25 )  si clerc eime [...] dame [...] Meintenaunt serra esclaundré E par le pais toute escrié E ele hunny  223
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  (If a religious tries to advance a woman) ele em put estre esclandree  8505
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  quant femme est de tel esclaundré (=of being the mistress of a monk) sa meyson n’est pas quite clamé  8513
escandaler 
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