English Explanatory Dictionary

gift hall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large communal building used in early Germanic and Norse societies as a place where valuable gifts were distributed to loyal warriors, thanes, retainers, etc.

Word forms

gift hall gift halls

Etymology

Calque of Old English gifheall, from gif (“gift”) + heall (“hall”).

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