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Noun
Guests can feast like a Viking and enjoy a savory menu featuring a variety of meats, fish, sandwiches and more, along with a collection of meads and ciders.—Samantha Neely, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025 Instead of cars on Marshall Street, attendees will find more than 75 artisans and performers — including a fairy trading post, storytellers and a court jester — and a mead pop-up bar.—Karri Peifer, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025 Hobbies that result in homemade goods are always worth pursuing, and perhaps none is as worthy as learning to brew beer, wine, mead or cider.—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 4 Mar. 2025 Check specific hours for the mead hall and vendor market.—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 5 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for mead
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English mede, from Old English medu; akin to Old High German metu mead, Greek methy wine
Noun (2)
Middle English mede "meadow, clearing," going back to Old English mǣd — more at meadow
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of mead was
before the 12th century
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