scamleas

Old English

Alternative forms

• sċeamlēas, sċomlēas

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skamalausaz, equivalent to sċamu +‎ -lēas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑmˌlæ͜ɑːs/

Adjective

sċamlēas

1. shameless, bold

Declension

Declension of sċamlēas — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċamlēas	sċamlēas	sċamlēas
Accusative	sċamlēasne	sċamlēase	sċamlēas
Genitive	sċamlēases	sċamlēasre	sċamlēases
Dative	sċamlēasum	sċamlēasre	sċamlēasum
Instrumental	sċamlēase	sċamlēasre	sċamlēase
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċamlēase	sċamlēasa, sċamlēase	sċamlēas
Accusative	sċamlēase	sċamlēasa, sċamlēase	sċamlēas
Genitive	sċamlēasra	sċamlēasra	sċamlēasra
Dative	sċamlēasum	sċamlēasum	sċamlēasum
Instrumental	sċamlēasum	sċamlēasum	sċamlēasum

Declension of sċamlēas — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċamlēasa	sċamlēase	sċamlēase
Accusative	sċamlēasan	sċamlēasan	sċamlēase
Genitive	sċamlēasan	sċamlēasan	sċamlēasan
Dative	sċamlēasan	sċamlēasan	sċamlēasan
Instrumental	sċamlēasan	sċamlēasan	sċamlēasan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sċamlēasan	sċamlēasan	sċamlēasan
Accusative	sċamlēasan	sċamlēasan	sċamlēasan
Genitive	sċamlēasra, sċamlēasena	sċamlēasra, sċamlēasena	sċamlēasra, sċamlēasena
Dative	sċamlēasum	sċamlēasum	sċamlēasum
Instrumental	sċamlēasum	sċamlēasum	sċamlēasum

Descendants

• Middle English: shameles, shamles, sameles, ssameles; scameleas, shemelas (Early Middle English); sheomelese, shomeleas (early SWM or SW)
  • English: shameless
  • Yola: shaaumeless

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sceamleás”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.