sceawendwise

Old English

Etymology

From sċēawiend (“buffoon”) +‎ wīse (“manner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃæ͜ɑː.wendˌwiː.se/, [ˈʃæ͜ɑː.wendˌwiː.ze]

Noun

sċēawendwīse f

1. jesting song, song of a jester
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8‎^[1]:

     Saga hwæt iċ hātte, þe swā scireniġe scēawendwīsan hlūde onhyrġe, hæleþum bodie wilcumena fela wōþe mīnre.

     Say what I am called, who as actress loudly imitate a jester song, proclaim many welcome guests as heroes with my voice.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	sċēawendwīse	sċēawendwīsan
accusative	sċēawendwīsan	sċēawendwīsan
genitive	sċēawendwīsan	sċēawendwīsena
dative	sċēawendwīsan	sċēawendwīsum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sċēawendwīse”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.