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sceam-fæst

  • adjective
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sceam-fæst, adj.
Shamefast (corrupted later into shamefaced. v. 1 Tim. 2, 9 where Wicklif has schamefastnesse, the modern copies of the A. V. shamefacedness; the Revised Version has restored shame*-*fastness), modest, bashful
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  • Scamfæst verecundus vel

    pudens,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 31.
  • Sceamfæst

    verecundus,

      86, 56.
  • Seó scamfæste næcednys

    pudibunda (pudica .i. erubescens) nuditas,

      Hpt. Gl. 492, 53.
  • Mǽden is sceamfæst,

      Lchdm. iii. 188, 6.
  • Scamfæst,

      192, 2.
  • On óðre wísan sint tó lǽranne ða scamleásan, on óðre ða scamfæstan (

    verecundi

    ),
      Past. 31; Swt. 205, 21.
Etymology
[Sannte Marȝe wass shammfæst, Orm. 2175. Wyfmen þet byeþ ssamuest, Ayenb. 222, 20. Schamefast chastite, Chauc. Kn. T. 1197. Schamefast verecundus, pudorosus, Prompt. Parv. 443.]
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v. un-sceamfæst.
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