scold, scolde, skold

i. & t. [From Dut. schold, pa. t. of scheldan to scold; Ger. schalt, pa. t. of schelten =to scold; connected with Icel. skjalla (pa. t. skal, pa. par. skollinn ) = to clash, to clatter; Ger. schallen, in comp. erschallen (pa.t.erscholl) = to resound; Św. skalla =to resound.] A. In trans.: To find fault or rail noisily; to utter railing, or harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to make use of abuse or vituperation; to brawl. "Inclines us more to laugh than scold ." Byron: Beppo , lxxix. B. Trans .: To chide or find fault with noisily; to rail at; to rate, to reprimand, to vituperate. "Our master is not a man to be scratched and scolded out of his kingdom."- War burton : On Bolingbroke's Phil osophy, let. 1.