scamu
Old English
Alternative forms
- sċeamu, sċeomu
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *skamō. Cognate with Old Frisian skome, Old Saxon skama, Old Dutch skama, Old High German scama, Old Norse skǫmm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɑ.mu/
Noun
sċamu f
- shame, embarrassment
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
- Ġenōh lange ic wæs on þām bysmore and on þǣre sceame, þe hȳ mē on ġebrōhton;...
- Long enough have I been in the reproach and shame which they brought on me;...
- late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
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