Meedance – measures of excellence that merit worthy returns

 

Meed – noun, Shakespearean English:

 

1. Merit, Excellence, Value

• “In his meed he’s unfellowed” (Hamlet)
• “Each one already blazing by our meeds, should notwithstanding join our lights together and over-shine the earth” (Henry VI part 3)

2. Service

• “There’s meed for meed, death for a deadly deed” (Titus Andronicus)

3. Reward

• “He proved best man i’th’ field, and for his meed was brow-bound with the oak” (Corlianus)
• “If thou wilt deign this favour, for thy meed a thousand honey secrets shalt thou know” (Venus and Adonis)

 

Meeda – noun, Biblical and Sages’ Hebrew:

 

1. Measure:

a.  A metric, standard for comparison

b.  An expression of degree, size, amount or quality of something

c.  An adequate or due portion

d.  Rhythmic structure or movement in dance or music

e.  A deliberate action taken to achieve a goal

 

2. Character inclination of a person that drives one’s behavior. As in the expression “person of measures”: A person of honest, straight, moral, righteous or saintly behavior