shamefast

[ sheym-fast, -fahst ]

/ ˈʃeɪmˌfæst, -ˌfɑst /

shamefaced.

Origin of shamefast

before 900; Middle English schamfast shamefaced, orig., modest, bashful, Old English sc(e)amfæst; see shame, fast¹

shame·fast·ly, adverb shame·fast·ness, noun

And for that she was shamefast, in the way of a maid, she looked as one that saw not.

The Stars in the Pool |Edna Kingsley Wallace
The Master said, A gentleman is shamefast of speech: his deeds go further.

The Sayings Of Confucius |Confucius
Then she arose, and stole to herd her sheep; with shamefast eyes she went, but her heart was comforted within her.

Theocritus, Bion and Moschus |Theocritus
How can he be shamefast wh he is growen vp, which being a litel inft was begon to be fashioned to lecherye?

The Education of Children |Desiderius Erasmus

She is αιδοιη, shamefast; and her adventure is to her a bitter sorrow (199, 200).

The Homeric Hymns |Andrew Lang