v. Obs. [OE. forsceamian, f. FOR- pref.1 + sceamian: see SHAME v.] intr. To be greatly ashamed. In OE. also impersonal.
c. 897. K. Ælfred, Gregory’s Past., xxi. 150. Ðæt hie onȝieten ðæt hie mon tæle … & hie forscamiȝe.
a. 1050. Liber Scintill., viii. (1889), 40. On him sylfum be his synnum aȝenum forsceamiȝean.
c. 1200. Ormin, 12528.
| Þe deofell wennde aweȝȝ anan | |
| Forrshamedd off himm sellfenn. |
