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drink hail

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
drink hail
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

The customary old English reply to a drinking pledge or wassail.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English drinc hail, drinchail, drinc-hæil, drincheheil, dringhail, drinkel, drink hail, drinkhail, drynkehaile, drynkeheil, drynk hayl, drynkheil, probably an Old Norse phrase; compare Old Icelandic far heill (“farewell!”), com heill (“welcome!”). Roughly translated to me "commence guzzling".

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Questions

What does drink hail mean?
The customary old English reply to a drinking pledge or wassail.
Where does drink hail come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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