Actually, I went back and checked the original AS - the word is
beor-sele, which means beer-hall. It does rather give the impression
of those contemporary drinking barns tho. I'll give it a bit of
thought.
xA
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Indeed! Duly amended.
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> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:02 PM, MC Ward <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Alison,
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>> *Meadhall* surely! Heorot was a classy place, after all. And, if memory serves, there are many refs. to mead throughout the poem, but only a single instance of beer in the entire text. I would say about *Beowulf*, to paraphrase an advertisement, that its all about the BIER!
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