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drink hail en · INTJ

Etymology

From Middle English drinc hail, drinchail, drinc-hæil, drincheheil, dringhail, drinkel, drink hail, drinkhail, drynkehaile, drynkeheil, drynk hayl, drynkheil, probably an Old Norse phrase; compare Old Icelandic far heill (“farewell!”), com heill (“welcome!”). Roughly translated to me "commence guzzling".

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) The customary old English reply to a drinking pledge or wassail.