Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shend \Shend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shent}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Shending}.] [AS. scendan to disgrace, bring to shame, from
   sceand, sceond, disgrace, dishonor, shame; akin to G.
   schande, Goth. skanda. See {Shame}, n.]
   1. To injure, mar, spoil, or harm. [Obs.] ``Loss of time
      shendeth us.'' --Chaucer.

            I fear my body will be shent.         --Dryden.

   2. To blame, reproach, or revile; to degrade, disgrace, or
      put to shame. [Archaic] --R. Browning.

            The famous name of knighthood foully shend.
                                                  --Spenser.

            She passed the rest as Cynthia doth shend The lesser
            stars.                                --Spenser.