Etymology

bride-ale

Today it means: A rustic wedding feast Full definition →

Middle English brydale ← Old English brȳdealo
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  1. Old English · inherited frombrȳdealo“wedding feast”
  2. Middle English · inherited frombrydale
  3. English todaybride-ale

From Middle English brydale, from Old English brȳdealo (“wedding feast”), equivalent to bride + ale.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishbrȳdealo all →

bridal

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