escharnir

== Old French == === Alternative forms === escharnier, eschernir escarnir, esquernir (northern) escornir, eschurnir (rare, from a variant *scornīre or reborrowed from Middle English scornen, scurnen) === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin *scarnīre, *scernīre, of uncertain origin. === Verb === escharnir (chiefly transitive) To slander, ridicule, or mock; to show contempt or derision for. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Bourguignon: écharni Champenois: écharnir Middle French: escharnir French: écharnir (dialectal) → Middle English: scornen, schorne, scorn, scorne, skorne, schornyn, skornyn (East Anglia), skorny (Gloucestershire), scorni (Kent), skarnenn (Ormulum)English: scornMiddle Scots: scorn, scorneScots: scorn, scoarn ⇒? Middle English: scurnen (possibly; see that entry for discussion) === References === “escharnir”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*skirnjan”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 186