sceawendwise

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

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

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.

Weak feminine (n-stem):

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sċēawendwīse”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.