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Old English
Etymology
From medu + setl.
Pronunciation
Noun
medusetl n (nominative plural medusetlu)
- (poetic, hapax legomenon) mead-seat, mead-bench
c. 1000, Beowulf (Cotton MS Vitellius A XV), page 132r, lines 4–6:(please add the primary text of this quotation)- Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum monegum mægþum meodosetla ofteah.
- Shield Sheafson often deprived the warriors of many armies of their mead-benches.
Declension
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