MÉID

[14-7-2025] Reconsidering mead halls. Fragments in 16c and 19a MÉID(E) is singular and (IN)VPPA suggests it should rather be on the meadow.

MÉID(E), plur. -UM/-A can mean (apparently, through context) feasting hall or gift.

Among the early Germanic peoples, a mead hall or feasting hall was a large building with a single room. (wikipedia)

U2c. Friso: Saxon Alliance

[151/09] When his young men came to the mead halls upon the meadow [?] (VPPA THÉRE MÉID) to dance with the youth, they ordered baskets full of spiced cake and barrels (or even whole tuns) of the best beer.

[151/15] all of whom had money in their purses and brought with them trinkets or gifts (MÉIDA), and who wined and dined carefree in the mead halls upon the meadow [?] (VPPA THÉRE MÉID).

[151/25] you shall be able to offer your brides much richer gifts (MÉIDA)

U3b. Gosa: Purity of Language

[158] This gift (MÉIDE) Wralda bestowed upon men

Za. War Games

[197/18] instead of playing games in mead halls upon the meadow [?] (INVPPA THÉRE MÉIDE)

Zc. Reintia’s Dream

[202/25] She traveled by night and spoke at all markets and in all the mead halls [?] (BINNA ALLE MÉIDUM) by day.

Cognates and derived words

• meadow - English (Middle En.: medwe; Old En.: mæd, mædwe, mæþ)
• made, maat, mede, meet - Dutch
• miede - Frisian
• Matte - German

Meyen/meien (to enjoy oneself) en vermeyen/vermeien/vermeiden (to relax in nature, to go out for one's pleasure, to enjoy oneself)

Mei, May (month name)