Meduseld

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In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Meduseld was the great Golden Hall built in Edoras.

After the Éothéod had settled in Rohan, the Second King of Rohan, Brego son of Eorl, began building a great hall on top of the hill of Edoras.

Meduseld was a large hall with a straw roof, which made it appear as if made of gold when seen from far off. The walls were richly decorated with tapestries depicting the history and legends of the Rohirrim, and it served as a house for the King and his kin, a meeting hall for the King and his advisors, and a gathering hall.

In the late Third Age, Meduseld was the home of King Théoden.

The word Maeduselde, in the Anglo-Saxon language, means mead hall. In many ways Meduseld is inspired by Anglo-Saxon poetry, particularly Beowulf, which contains the mead-hall Meduseld. The name of this hall is just one of many aspects of Theoden's story which Tolkien intended to have very direct connections to the epic poem Beowulf. The description of "the light of it shines far across the land" is one of the lines from this poem.