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(?) be-scûfan, w. acc., _to push, thrust down, in_: inf. wâ bið þäm þe sceal ... sâwle be-scûfan in fýres fäðm (_woe to him that shall thrust his soul into fire's embrace_), 184.