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……

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……