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Bride ale – too many of you are getting this wrong - Zythophile
“Bridal” does come from “bride-ale”, in Anglo-Saxon brýd-ealo, but “ale” was being used here in its secondary sense of “a festival or merry-meeting at which ... zythophile.co.uk
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Bride Ale and the Old English Exchange of Wedding Beer - VinePair
In the mid-11th century, bredale was overtaken by the more popular spelling, bride ale, referring to the post-wedding celebrations where beer was often served ... vinepair.com
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bride-ale | Craft Beer & Brewing
Bride-Ale was one of a series of beers brewed to celebrate special occasions, often religious holidays or celebrations. beerandbrewing.com
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bride-ale
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Bridal isn't bride + -al, it's bride + ale! : r/etymology - Reddit
Most of the time it means "related to a bride", like a bridal gown, and sometimes just "related to a wedding" like a bridal couple. www.reddit.com
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bride-ale - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(Northern England) The warmed, sweetened, and spiced ale presented to a wedding party on its return from church. Part or all of this entry has ... en.wiktionary.org
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Bride
"Bridal" (from Bride-ale), originally the wedding-feast itself, has grown into a general descriptive adjective, the bridal ceremony. wikipedia.org
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Bride-ale - Oxford Reference
bride-ale was one of a series of beers brewed to celebrate special occasions, often religious holidays or celebrations. www.oxfordreference.com
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bride ale, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun bride ale is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for bride ale is from 1526, in the Grete Herball. www.oed.com
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Parish ale - Wikipedia
The Parish ale or church ale is a party ... The word "bridal" originally derives from bride-ale, the wedding feast organised to raise money for the couple. en.wikipedia.org
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Custom Brews and Other Bride Ale Traditions - Motif
A strong beer or mead was produced in honor of the occasion. It was believed that drinking mead would make a woman more fertile. motifri.com
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bridale
bride-ale, bridale (ˈbraɪdˌeɪl) [A conscious retention or restoration of the earlier analytical form of bridal n. [q.v.] in its early sense.] 1. A wedding-feast of the Old English type, an ale-drinking at a wedding.1000–1500 [see bridal 1]. 1540 Cranmer Bible Pref., Neither [is] weepinge convenient ... Oxford English Dictionary
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guild-ale
† guild-ale Obs. [OE. *ᵹield-ealo; cf. bride-ale, bridal.] (See quots.)1240 Synod of Worcester xxxviii. in Du Cange s.v. Gild⁓ales, Ne intersint [clerici] ludis inhonestis, nec sustineant ludos fieri di Rege et Regina..nec Gildales inhonestas. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Gildale, a Compotation or Dr... Oxford English Dictionary
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Parish ale
The word "bridal" originally derives from bride-ale, the wedding feast organised to raise money for the couple. wikipedia.org
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bridal
bridal, n. (a.) (ˈbraɪdəl) Forms: 1 br{iacu}d-ealo, -ealu, 2–6 brydale, bridale, 3, 7– bridal. Also (3 bridel), 3–4 (s.w.) brudale (y), 3–7 bridall, 4 bruydale (bruytale, bridhale), 4–5 (Kent) bredale, 5 bredeale, 6 brydall, brideall, brydeale, brideale, (7 bride hall). [OE. br{yacu}d-ealo (infl. -e... Oxford English Dictionary
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