[scräf], st. n., hole in the earth, cavern: in comp. eorð-scräf.
[scrîðan], st. v., to stride, go: pres. pl. scrîðað, [163]; inf. scrîðan, [651], [704]; scrîðan tô, [2570].
[scrîfan], st. v., to prescribe, impose (punishment): inf. hû him (Grendel) scîr metod scrîfan wille, [980].
for-scrîfan, w. dat. pers., to proscribe, condemn: pret. part. siððan him scyppend for-scrifen häfde, [106].
ge-scrîfan, to permit, prescribe: pret. sg. swâ him Wyrd ne ge-scrâf (as Weird did not permit him), [2575].
[scrûd], st. m., clothing, covering; ornament: in comp. beadu-, byrdu-scrûd.
[scucca], w. m., shadowy sprite, demon: dat. pl. scuccum, [940].
[sculan], aux. v. w. inf.: 1) shall, must (obligation): pres. sg. I., III. sceal, [20], [24], [183], [251], [271], [287], [440], [978], [1005], [1173], [1387], [1535], etc.; scel, [455], [2805], [3011]; II. scealt, [589], [2667]; subj. pres. scyle, [2658]; scile, [3178]; pret. ind. sg. I., III. scolde, [10], [806], [820], [966], [1071], [1444], [1450], etc.; sceolde, [2342], [2409], [2443], [2590], [2964]; II. sceoldest, [2057]; pl. scoldon, [41], [833], [1306], [1638]; subj. pret. scolde, [1329], [1478]; sceolde, [2709].—2) w. inf. following it expresses futurity, = shall, will: pres. sg. I., III. sceal beódan (shall offer), [384]; so, [424], [438], [602], [637], [1061], [1707], [1856], [1863], [2070]; sceall, [2499], [2509], etc.; II. scealt, [1708]; pl. wit sculon, [684]; subj. pret. scolde, [280], [692], [911]; sceolde, [3069].—3) sculan sometimes forms a periphrastic phrase or circumlocution for a simple tense, usually with a slight feeling of obligation or necessity: pres. sg. he ge-wunian sceall (he inhabits; is said to inhabit?), [2276]; pret. sg. se þe wäter-egesan wunian scolde, [1261]; wäcnan scolde (was to awake), [85]; se þone gomelan grêtan sceolde (was to, should, approach), [2422]; þät se byrn-wîga bûgan sceolde (the corseleted warrior had to bow, fell), [2919]; pl. þâ þe beado-grîman býwan sceoldon (they that had to polish or deck the battle-masks), [2258]; so, [230], [705], [1068].—4) w. omitted inf., such as wesan, gangan: unc sceal worn fela mâðma ge-mænra (i.e. wesan). [1784]; so, [2660]; sceal se hearda helm ... fätum befeallen (i.e. wesan), [2256]; ic him äfter sceal (i.e. gangan), [2817]; subj. þonne þu forð scyle (i.e. gangan), [1180]. A verb or inf. expressed in an antecedent clause is not again expressed with a subsequent sceal: gæð â Wyrd swâ hió scel (Weird goeth ever as it shall [go]), [455]; gûð-bill ge-swâc swâ hit nô sceolde (i.e. ge-swîcan), [2586].
[scûa], w. m., shadowy demon: in comp. deáð-scûa.
[scûfan], st. v.: 1) intrans., to move forward, hasten: pret. part. þâ wäs morgen-leóht scofen and scynded, [919].—2) w. acc., to shove, push: pret. pl. guman ût scufon ... wudu bundenne (pushed the vessel from the land), [215]; dracan scufun ... ofer weall-clif (pushed the dragon over the wall-like cliff), [3132]. See [wîd-scofen](?)