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

Declension of sceawendwise (weak)

Case	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.