meduheall

• meoduheall

From medu (“mead”) +‎ heall (“hall”).

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

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

Strong ō-stem:

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “meduheall”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.