The phrase scot-free originally meant escaping your tax payment. “Skat” means tax in Viking talk and the word came to the English when the Vikings rule part of their country (and made them pay taxes).
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The phrase scot-free originally meant escaping your tax payment. “Skat” means tax in Viking talk and the word came to the English when the Vikings rule part of their country (and made them pay taxes).