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sceam-leás

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sceam-leás, adj.
Shameless, bold; impudent, wanton
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  • Scamleás

    im*-*pudens

    ,
    • Wrt. Voc. i. 47,45
      • .

  • Scamleás

    frontosa

    ,
    • Hpt. Gl. 506, 77.

  • Scam*-*lease

    procax

    ,
    • 525, 57.

  • Scomleás

    impudens

    ,
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 38.

  • Selǽce biþ micles tó beald and tó scomleás ( praesumtione percussus ) ðe gǽþ lǽcnigende, and hæf þ on his ágnum nebbe opene wunde unlácnode.

    • Past. 9, 2
      • ;
    • Swt. 61, 3
      • .

  • Of ðysse scamleásan scylde geclǽnsa mé

    a delicto meo munda me

    ,
    • Ps. Th. 50, 3.

  • On óðre wísan sint tó lǽranne ða scamleásan ( impudentes ), on óðre ða scamfæstan . . . Ðone scamleásan mon mæg ðý bet gebétan ðe hine mon suíður þreáþ,

    • Past. 31, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 205, 21-207, 5
      • .

  • Ðú hine ongeáte swíðe sceamleásne búton ǽlcum gódum þeáwe,

    • Bt. 27, 2
      • ;
    • Fox 96, 18
      • .

  • God ða sceamleásan ( the people of Sodom ) fordyde,

    • Gen. 19, 24
      • .
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. scama-lós impudens, procax:
Icel. skamm*-*lauss without disgrace
.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “sceam-leás.” 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/26553.

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