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sceamian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
sceamian, 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 nesceamie

    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
.]
Similar entries
v. á-, for-, e-, of-, on-sceamian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sceamian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/26550.

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