gift hall
gift hall · gift halls
A large communal building used in early Germanic and Norse societies as a place where…A large communal building used in early Germanic and Norse societies as a place where valuable gifts were distributed to loyal warriors, thanes, retainers, etc.
Meaning
1 sensesA large communal building used in early Germanic and Norse societies as a place where valuable gifts were distributed to loyal warriors, thanes, retainers, etc.
Origin
Calque of Old English gifheall, from gif (“gift”) + heall (“hall”).Calque of Old English gifheall, from gif (“gift”) + heall (“hall”).
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