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sceamian

  • verb [ weak ]
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sceamian, p. ode.
to feel shame, be ashamed (with gen. of cause)
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  • Ic ðæs nǽfre ne sceamige

    non erubescam,

      Ps. Th. 24, 1.
  • Ne ic ne scamige

    nec confundar,

      Ps. Spl. 30, 20.
  • Gif wé scomiaþ ðæt wé tó uncúðum monnum suelc sprecen si

    homo apud hominem, de quo minime praesumit, fieri intercessor erubescit,

      Past. 10, 2; Swt. 63, 5.
  • Weorðaþ gescende and hiora scamiaþ ða tó Sione hete hæfdon

    confundantur et revereantur, qui oderunt Sion,

      Ps. Th. 128, 3.
  • Ná ic ne scamode

    non confundebar,

      Ps. Spl. 118, 46.
  • Ðiós sǽ cwið ðæt ðú ðín scamige Sidon

    erubesce Sidon, ait mare,

      Past. 52, 8; Swt. 409, 33.
  • Hit is cyn ðæt wé úre scomigen,

      52, 4; Swt. 407, 15.
  • Sceamian heora ealle míne fýnd

    erubescant omnes inimici mei,

      Ps. Th. 6, 8.
  • Scamien,

      69, 3.
  • Scamien (

    confundantur

    ) heora ealle ða unrihtwísan,
      24, 3.
  • Heora æfstu ealle sceamien,

      69, 4.
  • For hwí hí ne mágan heora má sceamigan ðonne fægnian? Bt. 30,

      1; Fox 108, 7.
  • Nó hé ðære feohgyfte scamigan þorfte,

      Beo. Th. 2057; B. 1026.
  • Ðú ne þearft sceamian, Soul Kmbl. 286; Seel. 147.
  • For hwon sécest ðú sceade sceomiende? Cd. Th. 54,

      8; Gen. 874.
  • Sceomiande man sceal in sceade hweorfan,

      Exon. Th. 337, 19; Gn. Ex. 67.
  • Ða deóflu wendon sceamigende áweg,

      Wulfst. 236, 26.
  • Hý (

    Beowulf's followers who had failed him in his need

    ) scamiende scyldas bǽron, ðǽr se gomela læg,
      Beo. Th. 5692; B. 2850.
to cause shame (used impersonally with dat. or acc. of person, gen. of cause, or with
for, or the cause given in a clause)
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  • Mé sceamaþ

    pudet,

      Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 22.
  • Oft ðone geþyldegestan scamaþ ðæs siges ðe hí ofer ðone dióful hæfde,

      Past. 33, 7; Swt. 227, 19.
  • Menn scamaþ for gódan dǽdan swýðor ðonne for misdǽdan,

      Wulfst. 164, 16.
  • Ðæs ús ne scamaþ ná, ac ðæs ús scamaþ swýðe, ðæt wé bóte áginnan,

      165, 39.
  • Hý scamaþ, ðæt hý bétan heora misdǽda,

      165, 8.
  • Ða woroldlecan lǽcas scomaþ, ðæt. . .,

      Past. 1, 1; Swt. 25, 20.
  • Mé sceamaþ ðæt ic wædlige

    mendicare erubesco,

      Lk. Skt. 16, 3.
  • Gehwam sceamaþ, ðæt hé wáclíce gescrýd cume,

      Homl. Th. i. 528, 21.
  • Him ðæs sceamode,

      18, 12: Gen. 2, 25.
  • Ðá sceamode ealle his wiðerwinnan,

      Lk. Skt. 13, 17.
  • Hwá biþ gescended, ðæt mé for ðæm ne scamige? Past. 21,

      6; Swt. 165, 5.
  • Forgif ús úre synna, ðæt ús ne scamige eft,

      Hy. 7, 84.
  • Ne sceamige nánum men, ðæt hé ánum láreow his gyltas cýðe . . . him sceal sceamian ætforan Gode,

      Homl. Th. ii. 602, 30.
  • Ðæt mé ne sceamie

    non erubescam,

      Ps. Th. 24, 18.
  • Hú ne scolde hire sceamian

    nonne debuerat rubore suffundi?

      Num. 12, 14.
  • Ðonne fægniaþ hí ðæs ðe hí sceamian sceolde,

      Bt. 30, tit.; Fox xvi, 6.
  • Ðonne mæg hine scamian ðære brǽdinge his hlísan,

      19; Fox 68, 24: Met. 10, 13.
  • Ne þearf ðé ðæs eaforan sceomigan,

      Cd. Th. 140, 14; Gen. 2327.
Etymology
[Goth. skaman (reflex, with gen.): O. L. Ger. scamón: O. H. Ger. scamón, scamén: Icel. skamma to shame; skammask to be ashamed.]
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v. á-, for-, e-, of-, on-sceamian.
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