The expression is "scot-free", and it originates from Old English scotfreo "exempt from royal tax," from scot"royal tax," from Old Norse skot "contribution", and freo "exempt".
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A scot is a Scandinavian word for tax or payment. It came to the UK as redistributive taxation, levied in the early 13th century, as a form of municipal poor relief. The term is a contraction of 'scot and lot'. Scot was the tax and lot, or allotment, was the share given to the poor. Being scot freejust meant that you didn't have to pay the tax.
Getting off scot-free means to evade rightful payment without further consequences.
For example: Many people think that OJ Simpson is guilty of murder, but got off scot- free.
Or: That pompous jerk just walked out of the bar and didn't pay one cent toward the group's tab... he got off scot free, this time!
"Scot free" is a slang term that just means "free." He got off scot free from the charges and left the courtroom.
The meaning of ABERASH of Eastern African origin is "giving off light" in Amharic and it is female name.
It is an Old French word meaning 'a piece cut off'. Taken from Couper - to cut.
You want "etymology" if you want word origins. "Crop" is Old English, with a root identical for the meaning "to cut off" and "the stuff harvested from a field / grove".
I don't know the origin - but I do know it's a song by Atmosphere
"Scot free" is a slang term that just means "free." He got off scot free from the charges and left the courtroom.
The term "Scott free" likely comes from the Old English word "scaot," meaning a tax or payment. It eventually evolved to mean "exempt from payment" or "without penalty," as seen in the phrase "to get off scot-free."
The word "scot" is an Old Norse word that means payment. Someone who "got off scot free" is a person who got off without paying their debt.
The meaning of ABERASH of Eastern African origin is "giving off light" in Amharic and it is female name.
Chicago is satire about the glorifying of criminals in the 1920s. Roxie Hart murders her lover and to get off scot free, she works with a silvertounged lawyer to portray herself as a sweet girl twisted by jazz and liquor.
The word "telesurgery" is derived from the Greek words tele, meaning "far off," and cheirourgia, meaning "working by hand."
it derives from a 15th Century word 'Kilter or Kelter' meaning 'good condition' Further to that origin unknown. Off kilter thus meaning not functioning properly.
It is an Old French word meaning 'a piece cut off'. Taken from Couper - to cut.
Many of the men who fought in the war were Scot/Irish. They often were signed up as they came off the ships into the port. Many states also had large Scot/Irish populations that came in the 1700's and in the early 1800's. I have seen the number as high as 80% of the troops were Scot/Irish.
In order to ward off Nazis wanting to strip US officers to their underwear, they "went commando."
Do,not do it,even if your ex isn't violent that can set him off. P.s watch scot pilgrim
Circa 5th. century Old English æfter "after, next, following in time," from Old English of "off" -ter a comparative suffix; thus originally meaning "more away, farther off."