scatheless

Meaning

Adjective

• Without scathe or harm; without mischief, injury, or damage; unharmed.

Origin

• From Middle English scatheles, skathelæs, from Old English *sceaþlēas; equivalent to scathe + -less, or scath + -less. Cognate with Scots skaithless, Old Frisian skadlos, schadlos, Dutch schadeloos, Middle Low German schadelōs, Middle High German schadelōs, Danish skadesløs, Swedish skadeslös, Icelandic skaðlaus.