scamfæstnes

== Old English == === Alternative forms === sċeamfæstness, sċeamfestnys === Etymology === sċamfæst +‎ -nes === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃɑmˌfæst.nes/ === Noun === sċamfæstnes f modesty ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: schamefastnesseEnglish: shamefastness⇒ English: shamefacednessMiddle Scots: schamfastnes, schamefastnes === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “sceamfæstness”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.