mead-bench

/ˈmiːd bɛnt͡ʃ/

noun

A bench in a mead hall.

OriginOld English medusetl →
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Meanings

nounmead-bench (plural mead-benches)

plural mead-benches

  1. historicalA bench in a mead hall.

    Gold is a constant element, gleaming solidly in underground vaults, on the breasts of queens or the arms and regalia of warriors on the mead-benches.

    1999, Seamus Heaney, “Introduction”, in Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page xvi

Origin

  1. Old Englishmedusetl
  2. Englishmead-bench

Revived from Old English medusetl or medubenċ.

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