scathe

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[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse skaða (to hurt)[1] (only impers.) ( > Danish skade), from Proto-Germanic *skaþōjan. Cognate with Danish skade, German schaden; compare Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (skaþjan), Old Norse skeðja (to hurt), Old English sceaþian. Cf. Greek ἀσκηθής (askēthēs), unhurt).

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Infinitive
to scathe

Third person singular
scathes

Simple past
scathed

Past participle
scathed

Present participle
scathing

to scathe (third-person singular simple present scathes, present participle scathing, simple past and past participle scathed)

  1. (archaic) To injure.

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Singular
scathe

Plural
scathes

scathe (plural scathes)

  1. Harm; damage; injury; hurt; misfortune.

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  • Notes:
  1. ^scathe” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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