Scathe
/skeɪð/noun
To harm, injure, or damage; as a noun, harm or injury.
Did you know?Scathe is old Germanic vocabulary, and its close cousins in related languages all circle the same brutal idea: injury, damage, and being cut down.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skaþōną / *skaþaz
“To injure, damage; harmful, injurious”
Old English
OE
sceaþian
“To injure, harm, damage”
Old Norse
ON
skaða
“To harm, damage”
Middle English
ME
scathen
“To harm, injure, damage”
Modern English
English
scathe
“To harm or injure; damage”