Meanings
nounskaith (countable and uncountable, plural skaiths)
plural skaiths
- alternativecountableobsoleteuncountableScots lawAlternative form of scathe (“damage”).
There never yet was Englishman That came to skaith by me.
1904, William Edmonstoune Aytoun, The Bon Gaultier Ballads1 more example
[…] 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.”
1878, William Charles Smith, "Borough" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 64
Origin
- Scotsskaith
- Englishskaith
Borrowed from Scots skaith.
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