Meaning of skænde | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to scold, nag (with the preposition på)
   intransitive
2. to violate, desecrate
   transitive
3. to argue, quarrel - see skændes
4. to rape
   dated, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Jeg kan ligefrem høre, hvordan han skænder på mig for mine kvindfolketårer.”

I can almost hear how he scolds me for my effeminate tears.

“I har skændet mandens grav.”

You have desecrated that man’s grave.

“Forbryderen er en granvoksen udlænding, der under trusler om at dolke hende har skændet hende hele natten.”

The offender is a full-grown foreigner who, after having threatened to stab her, has raped her the whole night.

CEFR level