scamian

Meaning

1. to be ashamed or embarrassed (+genitive of cause) (often impersonal with dative or accusative subject)

   And þȳ is nū ġeworden wīde and sīde tō full yfelum ġewunan, þæt menn swīðor sċamaþ nū for gōddǣdum þonne for misdǣdum.

   And so a very bad habit has now spread all over the country: these days, people are more ashamed of good deeds than bad deeds.

   c. 1013, Wulfstan, Sermon of the Wolf to the English

Conjugation