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† scathel, a. Obs. Forms: 4 scathel, -ylle, 5 skethill, skathil(l, -ell, 6 skatell. β. 5 schatell, schathill. See also scaddle a. [a. ON. *skǫþull = OHG. scad(h)al, scadel, scatal, -el, Goth. skaþuls:—OTeut. *skaþulo-, f. *skaþ-: see scathe n.] Injurious, harmful, dangerous. Also absol. as n.
a1300Cursor M. 28773 Almus askes to be wroght o rightwis aght,..for elles vnmedi sal it be, scathel and wrangwise als to þe. 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 155 Mony ladde þer forthlep to laue & to Rest, Scopen out þe scaþel water, þat fayn scape wolde. a1400Morte Arth. 32 Scathylle Scottlande by skylle he skyftys as hym lykys. Ibid. 1642 That no skathelle in the skroggez skorne vs here-aftyr. c1400Destr. Troy 4067 Ascalaphus, a skathil duke & skant mon in wer. Ibid. 13442 There were sones vpposyde,..To Askathes full skete, skethill of hor hond. a1400–50Alexander 2992 Þat skapid..skatheles fra all his schathill dukis [Dubl. scapett..schatheles..schatell]. 1515Scot. Field 342 in Chetham Misc. (1856) II, Those skatell Scotts, that all the skath diden. |