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Old English · noun

scamu

Normalised sċamu

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈʃɑ.mu/
Syllables
ˈʃɑ · mu (2 syllables)
Modern English
shameshamembarrassment

Meaning

  1. shame, embarrassment

    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

Declension

Declension of scamu
SingularPlural
Nominative sċamusċamasċame
Accusative sċamesċamasċame
Genitive sċamesċama
Dative sċamesċamum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skamu, from Proto-Germanic *skamō. Cognate with Old Frisian skome, Old Saxon skama, Old Dutch skama, Old High German scama, Old Norse skǫmm.

Descendants

sham, shame

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