noun · countable / uncountable · rare

scathe

scathe · scathes

Damage, harm, hurt, injuryDamage, harm, hurt, injury.

/skeɪð/

Meaning

4 senses

(UK, archaic, countable, dialectal, uncountable)Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
Schaden
вредvred, уще́рбuščérb
(UK, archaic, countable, dialectal)Someone who, or something which, causes harm; an injurer.
(UK, archaic, countable, dialectal, obsolete)An injury or loss for which compensation is sought in a lawsuit; damage; also, expenses incurred by a claimant; costs.
(UK, archaic, dialectal, uncountable)Something to be mourned or regretted.

More definitions

the act of damaging something or someone

Translations

4 languages

Русский

damage; harm; hurt; injury:

Deutsch

damage; harm; hurt; injury:

Origin

From Middle English scath, scathe [and other forms], from Old Norse skaði (“damage, harm;

From Middle English scath, scathe [and other forms], from Old Norse skaði (“damage, harm; loss; death; murder”), from Proto-Germanic *skaþô (“damage, scathe; one who causes damage, injurer”, noun) (whence Old English sċeaþa, sċeaþu (“scathe, harm, injury”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keh₁t- (“damage, harm”). Cognate with German Schaden (“damage, harm”).

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