mead hall
Meanings
noun
- A large communal building used in early Germanic and Norse societies as a place for feasting, drinking, socializing, and governance, serving also as the residence of a chieftain or king and symbolising the heart of the community or tribe.
Word forms
Etymology
Calque of Old English meduheall.
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