different between snath vs scath

English

Alternative forms

• snythe, snathe, snaith, sneath, sneathe, etc.
• sned, sneed

Etymology

From a variant of snead, itself from Middle English snede, from Old English sn?d (“the shaft or handle of a scythe”), akin to Old English sn?þan (“to cut”). More at snithe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

snath (plural snaths)

1. The shaft of a scythe.

Translations

See also

• haft, the handle of any of various tools
• helve, the handle of any of various tools

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• Hants, NHTSA, Thans, ha'nts, hants, hasn't, sha'n't, shan't, shant

English

Alternative forms

• scathe, scaith, schath, schathe, schaith (Scotland)

Etymology

Variant of scathe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skæ?/, /sk???/
• Rhymes: -æ?, -???

Noun

scath (countable and uncountable, plural scaths)

1. (Britain dialectal, archaic) Alternative form of scathe (“harm; damage”)
   • c. 1847, Lydia H. Sigourney, Advertisement of a Lost Day

     Scath and loss / That man can ne'er repair.

   • 1827, Mary Howitt, The Desolation of Eyam

     He buried in his heart all sense of scath.

Verb

scath (third-person singular simple present scaths, present participle scathing, simple past and past participle scathed)

1. Archaic form of scathe.

Anagrams

• Chats, Satch, Stach, caths, chast, chats, tachs