"Scald" is a word in ENGLISH

Affected with the scab; scabby.

Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers.

Scurf on the head. See Scall.

To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in
hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat.

One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers;
a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the
Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes.

A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid,
or by steam.

To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by
contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.