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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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(Scatheand,) Scaithand, Skathand, ppl. adj. [Scath(e v.] Harmful. — c1420 Wynt. viii 6122 (W).
That raid nocht gretly scaithand [Au., E.2 skathand, C. skaythful, R. skathfull] was To the cuntre that thai throu raid 1480 Acta Conc. I 79/2.
All obligaciouns … that may do gude or proffit to him, or that may be skathand to him
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