mead en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- mēd
- (US) audio
- /miːd/
Etymology
From Middle English mede, from Old English medu, from Proto-West Germanic *medu, from Proto-Germanic *meduz, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) (whence English methyl), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), Persian می (mey), Sanskrit मधु (mádhu), Welsh medd, Finnish mesi, Chinese 蜜 (mì).
Meanings
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(qualifier:alcoholic beverages, uncountable, usually) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse.
2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 131:"Just come in," said Mrs. Churchill, "and take one glass of my mead." / "No—not even such a golden promise tempts me. I am afraid that Lord Marchmont will be at home before me—and he is not yet accustomed to be kept waiting."
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 47:
- (US, uncountable, usually) A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| meath | alternative | lexicographic | |
| meeth | alternative | lexicographic | |
| meathe | alternative | lexicographic | |
| meads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Meader · meady · meadlike · meadwort · mead cup · meadery · mead hall · red mead · black mead · meaded · meadsweet · mead-bench · mead horn · mead moon
Relateds
ambrosia · metho- · amethyst · methyl · bragget · methane
Translations (82)
fi hunajaviini (alcoholic drink) · fr hydromel (alcoholic drink) · cmn 蜂蜜酒 (alcoholic drink) · nb mjød (alcoholic drink) · sa मधु (alcoholic drink) · pl miód (alcoholic drink) · vo meed (alcoholic drink) · de Met (alcoholic drink) · ro mied (alcoholic drink) · ru мёд (alcoholic drink) · ka თაფლუჭი (alcoholic drink) · da mjød (alcoholic drink) · he תֶּמֶד (alcoholic drink) · uk медовуха (alcoholic drink) · cs medovina (alcoholic drink) · hu mézsör (alcoholic drink) · nrf baûtchet (alcoholic drink) · pl miód pitny (alcoholic drink) · lt midus (alcoholic drink) · la hydromel (alcoholic drink) · rsk медовка (alcoholic drink) · ru медову́ха (alcoholic drink) · ro hidromel (alcoholic drink) · tr bal şarabı (alcoholic drink) · gl melgacho (alcoholic drink) · ca hidromel (alcoholic drink) · grc ὑδρόμελι (alcoholic drink) · nci āyōneuctli (alcoholic drink) · mk медо́вина (alcoholic drink) · af heuningbier (alcoholic drink) · fi sima (alcoholic drink) · de Honigwein (alcoholic drink) · yi מעד (alcoholic drink) · is mjöður (alcoholic drink) · sh medovina (alcoholic drink) · pt hidromel (alcoholic drink) · sh медовина (alcoholic drink) · eu ezti-ur (alcoholic drink) · et mõdu (alcoholic drink) · fa مل (alcoholic drink) · ba бал (alcoholic drink) · mi pia honi (alcoholic drink) · ga meá (alcoholic drink) · tl agwamyel (alcoholic drink) · eo medo (alcoholic drink) · gd meadh (alcoholic drink) · es aguamiel (alcoholic drink) · lv medus (alcoholic drink) · niq kipketin (alcoholic drink) · ang medu (alcoholic drink) · nn mjød (alcoholic drink) · vo mielavin (alcoholic drink) · ko 밀주 (alcoholic drink) · nrf vitoué (alcoholic drink) · fo mjøður (alcoholic drink) · nah aoctli (alcoholic drink) · it idromele (alcoholic drink) · ja ミード (alcoholic drink) · bg медови́на (alcoholic drink) · es hidromiel (alcoholic drink) · enm mede (alcoholic drink) · udm мусур (alcoholic drink) · ja はちみつ酒 (alcoholic drink) · ko 꿀술 (alcoholic drink) · sl medica (alcoholic drink) · sk medovina (alcoholic drink) · cy medd (alcoholic drink) · la mulsa (alcoholic drink) · sv mjöd (alcoholic drink) · fr chouchen (alcoholic drink) · el υδρόμελι (alcoholic drink) · nl mede (alcoholic drink) · ar بِتْع (alcoholic drink) · prg alu (alcoholic drink) · io mielaquo (alcoholic drink) · gl augamel (alcoholic drink) · hy մեղրագինի (alcoholic drink) · crh bal (alcoholic drink) · ca aiguamel (alcoholic drink) · sga mid (alcoholic drink) · mg betsantely (alcoholic drink) · gv milljag (alcoholic drink)