skända

From Old Swedish skænda, from Middle Low German schenden, from Old Saxon *skendian, from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan. Cognate of Danish skænde, Dutch schenden, German schänden, Old English scendan.

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1. desecrate, defile, violate (treat (something ordinarily respected) with grave disrespect)

   skända en grav

   desecrate a grave

   skända någons minne

   defile someone's memory

   SKÄNDA FLAGGAN. VÄGRA VAPEN. SVIK FOSTERLANDET. VAR ONATIONELL. KUKEN.

   DESECRATE THE FLAG. REFUSE TO TAKE UP ARMS / BE A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR. BETRAY YOUR COUNTRY. BE UN-NATIONAL [unpatriotic, etc. – now rare in Swedish as well]. THE DICK. (text on a famous screen print from 1967 (image))

2. ravish (rape)

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• skändare
• skändlig
• skändning

• skända in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skända in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skända in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• skända in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• skända in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T