TIL that the term "scot-free" was actually absorbed into English from the Norse word "skattefri", which means "without tax".

http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-2732,00.html



Submitted February 11, 2015 at 07:10AM by zenlittleplatypus http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2vhj05/til_that_the_term_scotfree_was_actually_absorbed/