scamlic

Old English

Alternative forms

  • sċeamlīċ, sċomlīċ

Etymology

From sċamu + -līċ. Cognate with Old High German scamalīh.

Adjective

sċamlīċ

  1. shamefast, bashful.
  2. shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious.

Declension

Derived terms

  • unsċamlīċ

Descendants

  • Middle English: scheomelich, schamely

References

  • sceamlíc in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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