词汇 | mead-hall |
释义 | mead hall noun[ C ] uk /ˈmiːd ˌhɔːl/ us /ˈmiːd ˌhɑːl/ in the Middle Ages in Northern Europe and Scandinavia, a large building with just one room that was used as a central place for entertainment and as a living place for a lord or king: Each village had a mead hall, where the king conducted official business and held important dinners. The heroes relax in their mead hall and boast drunkenly about their feats. Some mead halls were half the length of a football field. In the Danish kingdom of King Hrothgar, the king and his court gathered to inaugurate a new mead hall. Wealhtheow procures Beowulf's promise to protect the mead hall. Middle Ages (medieval Period) 501-1500 alchemy Anglo-Saxon bestiary Black Death bubonic plague byzantine chivalric Hejira Hijrah joust Lancastrian mangonel mediaeval Norman pre-Columbian pre-feudal Romanesque the Norman Conquest troubadour Yorkist You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Public entertainment venues |
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