A consonant cluster used initially in words or in second elements of compounds and after initial s. It usually represents phonetic [kw] in the reflexes of OE words in cw-, cu-, qu-, ON words in kv-, L……

A number of ME words derived from OF are spelled with both initial sc- and s(c)h- before a, e.g., scaffold/ s(c)haffold n., scalden/schald(e(n v., scandle/schaundle n. These spellings represent……

The practice of the MED is to regard sch as an alternate spelling of sh when it represents [š] and to normalize it as sh, both in headwords and in form sections. There are, however, some instances in……

For all words beginning with sw- from here to the end of this volume [of the print MED], the practice of the MED is to record all variant forms except those beginning with su-; forms with su- are……

A consonant cluster used initially in well over 200 headwords, the great majority of which are derived from OE hw-, including some of the most common pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and conjunctions in……