adj., n.
'spiritually unharmed, the pure'
(Modern English )Formed within in English with native prefix un- + scaþel (adj.).
PGmc Ancestor
*skaþula-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
*skǫðull, cp. skaði (n.) 'harm, damage'
(ONP )
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
OE Cognate
cp. sceaða (n.) ‘injurious person’ (and rarely ‘injury’)
Phonological and morphological markers
absence of palatalization of */sk/
Summary category
A1*c
hapax legomenon
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Erk 278