Ge-sceamian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-sceamian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: -sceomian, -scamian, -scomian; Related words: intrans. To blush, be ashamed, be confounded;

Definitions

1 ge-sceamian

p. ode; pp. od. I. erubescĕre, confundi :-- Gesceamian [MS. gesceaman] oððe gescende sýn ða sécendan sáwle míne confundantur quærentes anĭmam meam, Ps. Spl. 34, 4. Gesceomadon alle fióndas his erubescebant omnes adversari ejus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 17: 9, 26. II. or bring shame to, confound; pūdēre, confundĕre :-- Nú mæg ðám Cristenan gescomian now may the Christians blush, Ors. 4, 12; Bos. 99, 12. Ne gesceamaþ hý it shall not confound them; non confundentur, Ps. Th. 36, 18: 30, 1. Gesceamige heom erubescant, Ps. Lamb. 6, 11: Ps. Th. 30, 19. Gisceomiga confundas, Rtl. 125, 15. [Goth. ga-skaman sik to be ashamed.] ge-sceamian

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᛋᚳᛠᛗᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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