scaddle

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 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌿𐌻𐍃 (skaþuls, “injurious, wicked”).

Adjective

scaddle (comparative more scaddle, superlative most scaddle)

1. (UK, 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

Noun

scaddle (uncountable)

1. (UK, dialectal or obsolete) Hurt; injury.

Related terms

• scatheful
• skedaddle

Anagrams

• Aletsch, Satchel, chalets, chestal, châlets, latches, satchel, scaleth