scathe

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Quotations 1.5 References 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /skeɪð/
• Rhymes: -eɪð

[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’”).

[edit] Verb

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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[edit] Noun

scathe (plural scathes)

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

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• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ “scathe” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

• scath in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acehst
• chaste
• cheats
• sachet
• stache
• taches