scaddle

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adjective

Wild, mischievous, thievish.

OriginMiddle English scathel ← Old Norse *skǫðull ← Proto-Germanic *skaþulaz →
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Meanings

adjectivescaddle (comparative more scaddle, superlative most scaddle)

comparative more scaddle · superlative most scaddle · alternative skaddle

  1. UKdialectalobsoleteWild, mischievous, thievish.
  2. UKdialectalobsoleteTimid, nervous, skittish.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*skaþulaz“harmful”
  2. Old Norse*skǫðull
  3. Middle Englishscathel“harmful”
  4. Englishscaddle

From Middle English scathel (“harmful”), from Old Norse *skǫðull, from Proto-Germanic *skaþulaz (“harmful”), equivalent to scathe + -el. Cognate with Old High German scadel (“injurious, harmful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌿𐌻𐍃 (skaþuls, “injurious, wicked”).

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