mead

mead
{{11}}mead (n.1) "fermented honey drink," O.E. medu, from P.Gmc. *meduz (Cf. O.N. mjöðr, Dan. mjèd, O.Fris., M.Du. mede, O.H.G. metu, Ger. Met "mead"), from PIE root *medhu- "honey, sweet drink" (Cf. Skt. madhu "sweet, sweet drink, wine, honey," Gk. methy "wine," O.C.S. medu, Lith. medus "honey," O.Ir. mid, Welsh medd, Breton mez "mead"). Synonymous but unrelated early Middle English meþeglin yielded Chaucer's meeth.
{{12}}mead (n.2) "meadow," O.E. mæd, Anglian med "meadow, pasture," from P.Gmc. *medwo (Cf. O.Fris. mede, Du. made, Ger. Matte "meadow," O.E. mæþ "harvest, crop"), from PIE *metwa- "a mown field," from root *me- "mow, cut down grass or grain" (see MOW (Cf. mow) (v.)). Now only archaic or poetic.

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