单词 | funeral-ale |
释义 | > as lemmasfuneral-ale funeral-ale n. (in Scandinavian history and legend) a funeral feast; ale drunk at such a feast; cf. ale n. 2 and arval n. 1. [Partly after Danish †graverøl, lit. ‘grave ale’ (18th cent.; now gravøl ; probably < Norwegian gravarøl < Old Icelandic grafar , genitive singular of grǫf grave n.1 + ǫl ale n.), ΚΠ 1817 A. A. Feldborg tr. G. L. Baden in tr. G. L. Baden & Baron Holberg Hist. Norway 78 The feast of the funeral-ale (graveröl) was most particularly required to be celebrated in the manner most consistent with the fortune of the deceased. 1839 G. Pigott Man. Scand. Mythol. App. 328 He caused the funeral-ale to be drunk for the dead. 1875 Edinb. Rev. July 208 It is far more likely..that the vow was made at his [sc. Harold Harfagr's] father's funeral-ale. 2012 M. Whiting Shieldmaiden v. 214 He was my karl, he saved my life and I owe him a proper funeral-ale. < as lemmas |
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