schrewde (arrow), III, 13, 6: accursed, pernicious, baneful.
schule, scheel, squeel, II, 175, 16; IV, 327 f., 2, 5; 329, D d 7: school.
schunte besides, beside, III, 361, b, c 38, 41: turn aside from.
schylde, imperat., V, [283], 14: shield, protect.
sckill, I, 295, 28: reason, judgment. See skill.
sclasps, twa lang sclasps between his eyes, IV, 489, 25: clasps. Span would answer were it not that there are but three sclasps between the shoulders. (In L 18, of the same ballad, II, 394, there are three women’s spang (span) between his brows.) If sclasps were taken in the sense of fathom, the space between the arms extended, this would suit the shoulders well enough, but the absurd disproportion in relation to the eyes would remain. Probably yard or ell has dropped out in 254. (yards three in L 18.)
sclavin, I, 190 a: pilgrim’s cloak.
scob(b), scope, scoup, II, 313, 26; 316, 10: gag.
scop, III, 138, 9: (scalp) pate, head.
scope, scoup, scob, II, 312, 29; V, [229], 33: gag.