wassail
A toast to health, usually on a festive occasionA toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A toast to health, usually on a festive occasion.
(countable, uncountable)The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar, roasted apples, etc.
Glühwein, Glühbier, Glühmost
a punch made of sweetened ale or wine heated with spices and roasted apples; especially at Christmas
(countable, uncountable)Revelry.
(countable, uncountable)A festive or drinking song or glee.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English wassail, from Old Norse ves heill (“be healthy!”), from the imperativeFrom Middle English wassail, from Old Norse ves heill (“be healthy!”), from the imperative of vesa (“to be”) + heill (“healthy”). The earliest documented use of the term is from the first part of the 12th century CE, in Geoffroy of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (see page's citations).
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Forms
plural: wassailsLessons for this word
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