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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Scald, Skald, Scold, v.² Also: skauld; skall. P.t. scowld. [ME and e.m.E. scolde(n (Piers Plowman); Scald n.¹] a. intr. To rail; to brawl; to quarrel noisily and in unseemly terms.Freq. coupled with Flyt(e v.In the quot. for 1613, perh. in tr. use. See also the quot. f. Polemo-Mid.(1) 1613 Elgin Rec. II 134.
Crystane Lyone and Elspet Edmond have acted ther selffis nevir to flyt, skald nor miscall wtheris heirefter 1621 Ib. 165.
Cristane Andersone and Margrat Alves have acted them selffis nocht to skauld nor flyt with wtheris 1629 Glasgow Weavers 116.
If scho skall and speek schamfull language [etc.] 1629 S. Leith Rec. 16/2.
The sessioune … inhibit Margaret Sowter to scald or flyt 1657 Falkirk Par. Rec. I 203.
They schould not be fund scalding nor flyting 1671 Meikle Old Session Bk. 94.
Helen Jameson and Grisall Whyt being accustomed to flyt and scald … ar reconciled(2) ?a1648 Polemo-Mid. 120.
Misere scaldaverat omnes(b) 1653 Peebles B. Rec. II 14.
The said Marione … to act hirself not to scold or flyte hereafter 1662 Soc. Ant. XXII 232.
The said Andrew Hutson scolded and flett 1669 Corshill Baron Ct. 86.
He heard them flyting and scolding

b. tr. To rebuke, chide. 1631 Buccleuch Household Bk. 29 Oct.
[Tapestry of] the historie of Sussanna wherof there is fyve peissis … 3. Daniell revyled the elders … 4. schee scowld the people but schee was iustified