A-scamian

Old English Dictionary Entry

A-scamian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: scamian. a-scamian

Definitions

1 a-scamian

p. ode; pp. od To be ashamed, to make ashamed or abashed; erubescere, pudore confundere :-- Ná ascamien on me non erubescant in me, Ps. Spl. 68, 8. Hí ascamode swíciaþ on swíman they wander abashed in giddiness, Exon. 26b; Th. 79, 31; Cri. 1299.

Runic Inscription

ᚪ-ᛋᚳᚪᛗᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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