meduheall

Old English

Alternative forms

• meoduheall

Etymology

From medu (“mead”) +‎ heall (“hall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.duˌxæ͜ɑll/, [ˈme.duˌhæ͜ɑɫ]

Noun

meduheall f

1. (poetic) mead-hall
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     sōhte seledrēoriġ · sinces bryttan,
     hwǣr iċ feor oþþe nēah · findan meahte
     þone þe in meoduhealle · mīne wisse

     sought hall-sad a giver of treasure,
     where I far or near could find
     who in a mead-hall would know my men

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	meduheall	meduhealla, meduhealle
accusative	meduhealle	meduhealla, meduhealle
genitive	meduhealle	meduhealla
dative	meduhealle	meduheallum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “meduheall”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.