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weorold-sceamu

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
weorold-sceamu, e; f.
Worldly shame, disgrace among men
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  • Wála ðære woruldscame, ðe nú habbaþ Engle. . . . Oft twégen sǽmen oððe þrý drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽ tó sǽ. . . ús eallum tó woruldscame,

      Wulfst. 163, 3-7.
  • Ða ðe for ege oððe lufe oððe ǽnigre worldscame eargiaþ and wandiaþ Godes riht tó sprecanne,

      191, 5.
  • For woruldsceame,

      L. I. P. 12 ; Th. ii. 320, 22.
  • Gif wíf be óðrum were forlicge, and hit open weorðe, geweorðe heó tó woruldsceame hire sylfre,

      L. C. S. 54; Th. i. 406, 7.
  • Tó woroldscame,

      Wulfst. 168, 14,
Etymology
[Æfter muchel weorldscome (worliche same, 2nd MS.) wurðscipe, Laym. 8323.]
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  • weorold-sceamu, n.