What is the meaning of Scornen?
To despise or revile; to view contemptuously.
To abuse or mistreat; to behave badly towards:
- To scoff or mock; to show contempt for.
- To slander or defame; to speak ill of.
- To blaspheme; to insult God.
To scoff or mock; to show contempt for.
To slander or defame; to speak ill of.
To trick or fool; to practice deception upon.
↑ “scō̆rnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
↑ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Scorn”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 2 (S–Sh), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 243, column 2.
↑ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*skirnjan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 121: “Das o dieser formen ist noch nicht befriedigend erklärt. Einfluss von cornu, was an sich nahe läge, ist schwerig, weil die entsprechende bed. für dessen ablt. im fr. erst viel spater aufritt als e. scorn mit -o-, s. cornu I 4 a. β”
↑ Onions, C.T., editor (1982) [1966], “scorn”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 799, column 2
↑ Jordan, Richard (1974) Eugene Crook, transl., Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology (Janua Linguarum; 214), The Hague: Mouton & Co. N.V., , § 220, page 201.
↑ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700, second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 13, page 484.
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