mead hall

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mead hall

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Revived from Old English meduheall.

noun mead halls

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. I have [...] stopped on my way home at the mead halls of the Franks across the sea.

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@misc{mead_hall_2026,
  title = {mead hall},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mead%20hall},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}