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ring-halls

ring-halls is the plural of ring-hall.

Meaning of ring-hall

Noun

ring-hall (plural ring-halls)

  1. (literary, kenning) An Anglo-Saxon mead hall.
    • the joy of halls to the men
      and hoarded treasure,
      the bright ring-halls,
      and for himself a ship
      on the sea-shore
      would seek.1843, J.M. Kemble, The Poetry of the Codex Vercellensis, London: Æfric Society, page 96

Questions about ring-halls

What is ring-halls the plural of?
Ring-halls is the plural of ring-hall.

Words near ring-halls in the dictionary

  1. ring-fingers
  2. ring-giver
  3. ring-givers
  4. ring-giving
  5. ring-hall
  6. ring-halls
  7. ring-hoard
  8. ring-hoards
  9. ring-in
  10. ring-ins
  11. ring-light

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