scathel
English
Etymology
From Middle English scathel (“harmful”), from Old English *sceaþol, from Proto-Germanic *skaþulaz (“harmful”), equivalent to scathe + -el. Cognate with Old High German scadel (“injurious, harmful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌿𐌻𐍃 (skaþuls, “injurious, wicked”).
Adjective
scathel (comparative more scathel, superlative most scathel)
- (Britain, dialectal or obsolete) Harmful; noxious; injurious; mischievous.
- 1880, Joseph Angus, The handbook of specimens of English literature:
- Many a lad there forth leapt, to lave and to cast / Scopen out the scathel water that fayn scape wolde
- 1880, Joseph Angus, The handbook of specimens of English literature:
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative
Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.