sclaundre
Middle English
Noun
sclaundre
- slander
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Clerk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 722-725:
- The sclaundre of Walter ofte and wyde spradde,
That of a cruel herte he wikkedly,
For he a povre womman wedded hadde,
Hath mordred bothe his children prively.- The ill fame of Walter spread often and wide,
That of a cruel heart he wickedly,
Because he had wedded a poor woman,
Has murdered both his children secretly.
- The ill fame of Walter spread often and wide,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Clerk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 722-725:
References
- “sclaundre”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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