hydromel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hydromel
1555–65; < Latin < Greek hydrómeli, equivalent to hydro- hydro- 1 + méli honey; replacing late Middle English ydromel < Medieval Latin (variant of hydromel )
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On going to rest he fancied he should be thirsty at night and called Leo to set a pitcher of hydromel by his bedside.
From A Book of Golden Deeds by Charlotte Mary Yonge
According to ancient usage, barrels of sweet beer and hydromel were brewed; white bread and meat were distributed to the whole village.
From The Little Russian Servant by Henry Gréville
It is of these people Sir Kenelm Digby’s book reminds us, and even the names of his recipes are soothing reading—syllabubs, hydromel, mead, quidannies, tansies, slipp-coat-cheeses, manchets, and so forth.
From The Old English Herbals by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
The chiefs and nobles sat down to their feast in the royal pavilion, where hydromel, beer, and raw flesh were in regal profusion!!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various
In one quarter are to be seen groups of busy females, engaged in the manufacture of beer and hydromel.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris
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