scath

Noun

scathe (countable and uncountable, plural scathes)

1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
   • Therefore great Lords bee as your titles vvitnes,
     Imperious, and impatient of your vvrongs,
     And vvherein Rome hath done you any ſkath,
     Let him make treable ſatisfaction.c. 1588–1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas...
2. (UK, archaic, countable, dialectal) Someone who, or something which, causes harm; an injurer.
   • The pride I trampled is now my scathe,
     For it tramples me again.1888, William Ernest Henley, “Life and Death (Echoes)”, in A Book of Verses, London: David Nutt […], →OCLC, canto XXXV, page 102

   Synonyms:

   harmer

3. (UK, archaic, countable, dialectal, obsolete, Scots law) An injury or loss for which compensation is sought in a lawsuit; damage; also, expenses incurred by a claimant; costs.
4. (UK, archaic, dialectal, uncountable) Something to be mourned or regretted.
   • They deemed it little scathe indeed
     That her coarse homespun ragged weed
     Fell off from her round arms and lithe
     Laid on the door-post, that a withe
     Of willows was her only belt;
     And each as he gazed at her felt
     As some gift had been given him.1870, William Morris, “December: The Fostering of Aslaug”, in The Earthly Paradise: A Poem, part IV, London: F[rederick] S[tartridge] Ellis, […], →OCLC, page 57

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