sceawere

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *skauwārī (“watcher, onlooker”), equivalent to sċēawian +‎ -ere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃæ͜ɑː.we.re/ === Noun === sċēawere m an observer, one who examines a matter a watchman, guard; watchtower spy late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Numbers 13:4 mirror an actor, jester, buffoon ==== Declension ==== Strong ja-stem: ==== Synonyms ==== (observer): sċēawiend (guard): weard ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: schewere, schawere, showre English: shower