ǣwisc-mōd

ǣwisc-mōd, adj: ashamed, disgraced. (AE-wish-MOAD / ˈæː-wɪʃ-ˌmoːd)

Medieval manuscript illustration of two men averting their faces and covering an older man with a piece of cloth who sleeps in a chair, naked except for his hat; another man gestures as he departs.
Psalter; England (Oxford), between 1212 and 1220; Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.43, f. 9r. [ica.themorgan.org]

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