Old English Dictionary Entry

Medu-wang

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 medu-wang

m. A mead-plain, the ground surrounding the house where mead is drunk :-- Tó sele comon feówertýne Geáta gongan, módig (Beowulf) on gemonge meodowongas træd. Ðá com ingán ealdor þegna, Beo. Th. 3291; B. 1643. medu-wang

Similar Words

-mancian
-mang
-mannþwǽ rian
-mánsod
-márian

Runic Inscription

ᛗᛖᛞᚢ-ᚹᚪᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Beo.: Beowulf
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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