scamian – Old English verb conjugation

Old English verb forms of scamian

Infinitive

sċamian
sċamienne

Participles

Presentsċamiende
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

Singularsċama
Pluralsċamiaþ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skamēn, from Proto-Germanic *skamāną. See: Proto-Germanic '*skamāną'.

Sample Sentences

  • c. 1013, Wulfstan, Sermon of the Wolf to the English
  • 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.)
  • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
  • 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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