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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Aschame, v. Also: asschame, ashame; ascheame. [ME. aschame (esp. in p.p. aschamed), OE. áscamian (rare). See also Eschame v.]

1. In p.p. Ashamed.c1420 Wynt. ii. 1310 (he was asschamyd swa); iii. 879 (aschamyd were). 15.. Clar. i. 488 (be asschamit). c1552 Lynd. Mon. 993 (aschamit of the Lordis voce). 1560 Rolland Seven S. 223/15 (half aschamit). 1673 Fam. Innes 246 (be ascheamed).

2. intr. To feel shame.?1438 Alex. ii. 3312 (the chyld ashamed). 1513 Doug. xii. v. 17 (aschame ȝhe not?). 1587 Maxwell Mem. III. 162 (I aschame that, … ). 1592 in Calderwood V. 167 (I ashame to, … ). 1611 Lett. Eccl. Affairs I. 277 (I aschame that … ).

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