scathe
English
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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)kēt- (“damage, harm”). Cognate with Scots skaith.
Noun
scathe (countable and uncountable, plural scathes)
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:scathe.
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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 *skaþōną (“to injure”). Cognate with Scots skaith, Danish skade, Dutch schaden, German schaden, Swedish skada; compare Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (skaþjan), Old Norse skeðja (“to hurt”). Compare Ancient Greek ἀσκηθής (askēthḗs, “unhurt”), Albanian shkathët (“skillful, adept, clever”).
Pronunciation
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.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC:
- As when heaven's fire / Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines.
- 1819, Washington Irving, The Broken Heart:
- Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul.
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References
- “scath”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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