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mead halls

mead halls is the plural of mead hall.

Meaning of mead hall

Noun

mead hall (plural mead halls)

  1. 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.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 18

Questions about mead halls

What is mead halls the plural of?
Mead halls is the plural of mead hall.

Words near mead halls in the dictionary

  1. meaconing
  2. mead
  3. mead bench
  4. mead benches
  5. mead hall
  6. mead halls
  7. mead horn
  8. mead moon
  9. mead moons
  10. Mead Valley
  11. mead-bench

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