scathe
scathe (arch., dial.) injury, damage. XIII. — ON. skaði = OE. sċeaða malefactor, (rarely) injury, OS. skaðo malefactor, OHG. skado (G. schade) injury, harm :- Gmc. *skaþan-, f. skaþ-, whence also Goth. skaþis harm, skaþjan injure.
So vb. injure XII; wither, sear XIX. — ON. skaða = OE. sċeaðian, OS. scaðon, OHG. skadōn (Du., G. schaden) :- Gmc. *skaþōjan. The sb. survives in gen. literary use in the comp. scatheless (XII; — ON. skaðlauss), the vb. in scathing (-ING2) (poet.) blasting, searing XVIII; fig. as of invective XIX; unscathed (-ED1) uninjured XIV (orig. Sc.).
So vb. injure XII; wither, sear XIX. — ON. skaða = OE. sċeaðian, OS. scaðon, OHG. skadōn (Du., G. schaden) :- Gmc. *skaþōjan. The sb. survives in gen. literary use in the comp. scatheless (XII; — ON. skaðlauss), the vb. in scathing (-ING2) (poet.) blasting, searing XVIII; fig. as of invective XIX; unscathed (-ED1) uninjured XIV (orig. Sc.).
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