sceawendwise
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Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sċēawiend (“buffoon”) + wīse (“manner”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sċēawendwīse f
- 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
[edit]Declension of sceawendwise (weak)
References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sċēawendwīse”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.