scath Meaning, Definition & Usage

Scath noun

Etymology

Icel. skathi; akin to Dan. skade, Sw. skada, AS. sceatha, scatha, foe, injurer, OS. skatho, D. schade, schaden; cf. Gr. unharmed. Cf. Scathe, v.

Definitions

1. 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.