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scathe
English
Alternative forms
- scath (dialectal or obsolete)
- skaith, scaith (Scotland)
Etymology 1
From Middle English scathe, from Old English sceaþa (also sceaþu (“scathe, harm, injury”), from Proto-Germanic *skaþô (“damage, scathe”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keh?t- (“damage, harm”). Cognate with Scots skaith.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ske?ð/, /ske??/
- Rhymes: -e?ð, -e??
Noun
scathe (countable and uncountable, plural scathes)
- (archaic or dialect) Harm; damage; injury; hurt; misfortune; waste.
Derived terms
- scatheful
- scatheless
- scathely
For quotations using this term, see Citations:scathe.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English scathen, skathen, from Old English sceaþian, scaþan (“to scathe, hurt, harm, injure”) and Old Norse skaða (“to hurt”), both from Proto-Germanic *skaþ?n? (“to injure”). Cognate with Scots skaith, Danish skade, Dutch schaden, German schaden, Swedish skada; compare Gothic ???????????????????????????? (skaþjan), Old Norse skeðja (“to hurt”). Compare Ancient Greek ??????? (ask?th?s, “unhurt”), Albanian shkathët (“skillful, adept, clever”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ske?ð/
- Rhymes: -e?ð
Verb
scathe (third-person singular simple present scathes, present participle scathing, simple past and past participle scathed)
- To injure or harm.
- To blast; scorch; wither.
- 1819, Washington Irving, The Broken Heart:
- Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul.
- 1819, Washington Irving, The Broken Heart:
Derived terms
- scathel
- scathing
- unscathed
Translations
References
- scath in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- 'stache, 'taches, Scheat, achest, chaste, chates, cheats, he-cats, sachet, she-cat, stache, taches, thecas
Middle English
Adjective
scathe
- Unfortunate, a pity, a shame.
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 445-6.
- 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 445-6.
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scathel
English
Alternative forms
- scaddle, skaddle (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English scathel (“harmful”), from Old English *sceaþol, from Proto-Germanic *skaþulaz (“harmful”), equivalent to scathe +? -el. Cognate with Old High German scadel (“injurious, harmful”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (skaþuls, “injurious, wicked”).
Adjective
scathel (comparative more scathel, superlative most scathel)
- (Britain, dialectal or obsolete) Harmful; noxious; injurious; mischievous.
- 1880, Joseph Angus, The handbook of specimens of English literature:
- Many a lad there forth leapt, to lave and to cast / Scopen out the scathel water that fayn scape wolde
- 1880, Joseph Angus, The handbook of specimens of English literature:
Noun
scathel (uncountable)
- (Britain, dialectal or obsolete) Hurt; injury.
Related terms
- scatheful
- skedaddle
Anagrams
- Aletsch, Satchel, Slechta, chalets, chestal, châlets, latches, satchel, scaleth
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