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Danish
Etymology
Old Danish skiendhæ, Borrowed from Middle Low German schenden, from Old Saxon *skendian, from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan.
Pronunciation
Verb
skænde (past tense skændte, past participle skændt)
- (intransitive) to scold, nag (with the preposition på)
2017, Lars Widding, Majorens afsked:Jeg kan ligefrem høre, hvordan han skænder på mig for mine kvindfolketårer.- I can almost hear how he scolds me for my effeminate tears.
- (passive voice) to argue, quarrel - see skændes
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skænde (past tense skændede, past participle skændet)
- (transitive) to violate, desecrate
2007, Bjarne Reuter, Skyggernes hus, page 93:I har skændet mandens grav.- You have desecrated that man’s grave.
- (transitive, dated) to rape
2017, Torben Nielsen, Voldtægt:Forbryderen er en granvoksen udlænding, der under trusler om at dolke hende har skændet hende hele natten.- The offender is a full-grown foreigner who, after having threatened to stab her, has raped her the whole night.
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