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mead

noun

  1. alcoholic drink made from fermented honey
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /miːd/

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Etymology: Two main origins: * A topographic surname for someone who lived by a meadow, from Old English mǣd (“meadow”). * A metonymic occupational surname for a brewer or seller of mead, from Old English medu (“mead”).

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noun

Etymology: From Middle English mede (“meadow”), from Old English mǣd. Cognate with West Frisian miede, Mede, German Low German Meed, Dutch made.

  1. A meadow.

    “And then in haste her bow'r she leaves, With Thestylis to bind the sheaves; Or if the earlier season lead To the tann'd haycock in the mead.”

    “Farewel ye crystal streams, that pass Thro’ fragrant meads of verdant grass:”