skaith

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Scots skaith. === Noun === skaith (countable and uncountable, plural skaiths) (Scots law, obsolete) Alternative form of scathe (“damage”). 1878, William Charles Smith, "Borough" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 64: […] the Commissioners of Burghs... meet yearly at Inverkeithing “to treat of the welfare of merchandize, the good rule and statutes for the common profit of burghs, and to provide for remeid upon the skaith and injuries sustained within the burghs.” === References === Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "scathe, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1910. === Anagrams === Shakti, Skathi, shakti, takhis == Scots == === Alternative forms === skaithe, skathe, scaith, scaithe, skeath, skaid (Shetland), skaed (Shetland) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English scathe, from Old English sceaþa (also sceaþu (“scathe, harm, injury”)), from Proto-West Germanic *skaþō. Cognate with English scathe. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /skeθ/ ==== Noun ==== skaith (uncountable) harm, damage, hurt, injury, mischief something that harms; a harmful agent or influence damage done by the trespass of animals; the act or offence thereof harm or injury attributed to witchcraft or the evil eye; a disorder of cattle supposedly caused by this damage or injury involving compensation or financial requital; damages, costs, penalty skaith-dues a compensation paid to one for one's trouble or services; a liability for such a matter for regret; a pity, shame ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English scathen, skathen, from Old English sceaþian (“to scathe, hurt, harm, injure”) and Old Norse skaða (“to hurt”), both from Proto-Germanic *skaþōną (“to injure”). Cognate with English scathe. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /skeð/ ==== Verb ==== skaith (present participle skaithin, simple past and past participle skaitht) to harm, injure, damage to wrong; be unfair to to penalise, serve as a penalty, fine or compensation === Further reading === “skaith”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.