bride-ale

English

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Etymology

From Middle English brydale, from Old English brȳdealo (“wedding feast”), equivalent to bride +‎ ale.

Noun

bride-ale (plural bride-ales)

  1. (archaic or Northern England) A rustic wedding feast[1]
    Synonym: bridal
    • 1633 (first performance), Ben Jonson, “A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy […]”, in The Works of Beniamin Jonson, […] (Third Folio), London: […] Thomas Hodgkin, for H[enry] Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R[ichard] Chiswell, M. Wotton, G. Conyers, published 1692, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      here was a bride-ale broke In the nick
  2. (Northern England) The warmed, sweetened, and spiced ale presented to a wedding party on its return from church.

References

  1. ^ “bride-ale”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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