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 )
Example Sentences
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The old witch served her guests with a good supper, and gave them wine and hydromel to drink.
From Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen by Harding, Emily J.
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 Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
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 Gréville, Henry
Our food was nuts and acorns, our drink milk and hydromel and water from the Choaspes, and we slept out of doors on the grass.
From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)
The chiefs and nobles then sate down to a repast in the pavilion, where hydromel and beer and raw flesh were in regal profusion.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
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