mead-bench
noun/ˈmiːd bɛnt͡ʃ/
Etymology Revived from Old English medusetl or medubenċ.
1
Historical A 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: