Participles
| Present | sċamiende |
| Past | (ġe)sċamod |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | sċamiġe |
| 2nd sing. | sċamast |
| 3rd sing. | sċamaþ |
| 1st plur. | sċamiaþ |
| 2nd plur. | sċamiaþ |
| 3rd plur. | sċamiaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċamode |
| 2nd sing. | sċamodest |
| 3rd sing. | sċamode |
| 1st plur. | sċamodon |
| 2nd plur. | sċamodon |
| 3rd plur. | sċamodon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | sċamiġe |
| 2nd sing. | sċamiġe |
| 3rd sing. | sċamiġe |
| 1st plur. | sċamiġen |
| 2nd plur. | sċamiġen |
| 3rd plur. | sċamiġen |
Past
| 1st sing. | sċamode |
| 2nd sing. | sċamode |
| 3rd sing. | sċamode |
| 1st plur. | sċamoden |
| 2nd plur. | sċamoden |
| 3rd plur. | sċamoden |
Imperative
| Singular | sċama |
| Plural | sċamiaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'scamian'
scunian,
scamian,
scipian,
scilian,
scorian,
scotian,
scyldigian,
scieppian,
scrapian,
sceaðian,
sceaþian,
sceadian,
scortian,
scearpian,
sceadwian,
Verbs similar to 'scamian'
aswamian,
calian,
campian,
capian,
carian,
framian,
namian,
sacian,
sadian,
sagian,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *skamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*skamāną'.
Sample Sentences
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c. 1013, Wulfstan, Sermon of the Wolf to the English
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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.)
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late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
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Mā manna hæfþ miċelne ġielp and miċel wuldor and miċelne weorþsċipe for dysiġes folces wēnan þonne hæbbe for his ġewyrhtum. Ac sæġe mē nū hwæt unġerisenlīcre sīe þonne þæt, oþþe for hwȳ hīe ne mæġen heora mā sċamian þonne fæġnian þonne hīe ġehīeraþ þæt him man on līeġþ. (More people have glory and honor because of stupid people's opinions than because they actually deserve it. But tell me now, what could be emptier than that? Why don't they feel more ashamed of themselves than proud when they hear the false things that people say about them?)
Cognates
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