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English
Etymology
From ill + scathe.
Noun
ill-scathe (uncountable)
- (UK dialectal, Scotland) Harm; hurt.
1918, “Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - Volume 49 - Page 114”, in Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow:Then said Geitir: "I think you have much more excuse for considering this an ill scathe than you had the last time; for the other seemed to me of little moment. [...]"
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