Middle English Dictionary Entry
scāthen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | scāthen v. Also scath(i)e, sckathe, ska(i)the & (error) scayine; p.ppl. skathed, scathet. |
| Etymology | ON: cp. OI skaða. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To harm (sb., oneself); cause harm or a loss to (sb.); make war upon (sb.); defeat (sb.); (b) to harm (sb.) in (sth.), do (harm) to (sb.); (c) to assail (sb. or sth.), attack; (d) ?in surname.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4468-9 : Forr ȝiff þu skaþesst aniȝ mann Þu skaþesst firrst te sellfenn.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)7388 : Þese bileft þer riȝtes Wiþ a þousand orped kniȝtes, Þe cuntre to loke and þe paþe Fram Sarrain, þat wald hem scaþe.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)759 : Y schal scaþye hem niȝt & day þat bileueþ on Mahounde.
- c1390(?c1350) Jos.Arim.(Vrn)61 : For he and þo of Egipte han werret to-gedere, And þei discounfitede him han and scaþet ful ofte.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)443 : Scayine [read: Scaþine; Win: Scathyn], or harmyn: Dampnifico [Win adds: Obumbro].
- c1440(?c1350) Mirror St.Edm.(4) (Thrn)27/33 : For he þat will noghte sckathe his euencristyn, he sall noghte consente, ne na consaile gyffe, to do hym ill.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)2.105 : Ȝoure entente..Was..That ȝe were þe more myȝtier for þe many signes..Or ellis for a skylle, þat skathed ȝoure-self, Þat comounes of contre..Sholde knowe be hir quentise þat þe kyng loued hem.
- a1500(1426) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 (Add 46846)33 : Ye praied me to spede your bulles towards you, as soone as thei were comen; ye rehercyng, how greetly the delaying of youre said bulles might skaythe you.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)256/365 : Syrs, I haue a greatt Iornay That must be done this same day, Or els it will me skathe.
b
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)4964 : Þiss hallȝhe mahhte doþ þe mann Ȝiff itt iss inn hiss herrte All to forrȝifenn oþre menn..All þatt teȝȝ hafenn skaþedd himm, & shamedd himm & shendedd.
c
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1776 : Þay þrongen þeder in þe þester on þrawen hepes, Asscaped over þe skyre watteres & scaþed þe walles, Lyfte laddres ful longe and upon lofte wonen, Stelen stylly þe toun er any steven rysed.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)7b/a : Assilio: to asayle, skaþe vel impetere.
d
- (1280-81) Nickname in LuSE 55161 : Galfr. Scathelokes.
- (1286) Close R.Edw.I420 : Robert Scathelok.
- (1300-1301) Nickname in LuSE 55161 : Geoffr. Skathelok.
- (1375) Nickname in LuSE 55161 : Alicia Skathelok.
- (1420) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)9.908 : Of al the whiche things, the circumstances, our Messager Scatheloks, the said Berer of thees, kan enfourme yow.