Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories which span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from around 900 to 1300. It was then known as the langue d'oïl (oïl language) to distinguish it from the langue d'oc (Occitan language, also then called Provençal), whose territory bordered that of Old French to the south.
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Skirmish, as pointed out, is a borrowing from Old French and has sk, while screed continues Old Engl. screade and rightfully begins with sc, ...
