Category:Scath

Scath, n. Etym: [icel. skathi; akin to dan. skade, sw. skada, as. Sceatha, scatha, foe, injurer, os. skatho, d. schade, schaden; cf. Gr. Scathe, v.]

Defn: harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune. [written also Scathe.] But she was somedeal deaf, and that was skathe. Chaucer. Great mercy, sure, for to enlarge a thrall, whose freedom shall thee Turn to greatest scath. Spenser. Wherein rome hath done you any scath, let him make treble Satisfaction. Shak.

Scathe; scath Scathe, scath, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing.] Etym: [icel. skatha; akin to as. sceathan, sceth\'eban, Dan. skade, sw. skada, d. & g. schaden, ohg. scadon, goth. skaþjan.]

Defn: to do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy. As when heaven's fire hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines. Milton. Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. W. Irwing.