dastard - n., a sneaking, malicious coward.
From Middle English, probably an alteration of Old Norse dæstr, exhausted, from the past participle of dæsa, to languish, decay, making it a cognate of daze. Says nothing about the parentage of the person. Note, btw, Shakespeare's spelling dashtard.
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From Middle English, probably an alteration of Old Norse dæstr, exhausted, from the past participle of dæsa, to languish, decay, making it a cognate of daze. Says nothing about the parentage of the person. Note, btw, Shakespeare's spelling dashtard.
---L.
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Date: 2006-02-24 01:01 am (UTC)Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
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Date: 2006-02-24 02:17 pm (UTC)---L.