Meanings
noundrinking-horn (plural drinking-horns)
plural drinking-horns
- alternativeAlternative form of drinking horn; a drinking-vessel made from the horn of an animal.
He put down his sword and helmet and took the drinking-horn that was served to him, and finished it.
1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 911 more example
In the middle of the room, there stood upon the ground a huge copper vessel half full of sweet mead, and by the side of it, a drinking-horn of pure gold.
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 136
Translations
Dutch drinkhoorn
- drinkhoorna drinking-vessel made from the horn of an animal
Esperanto trink-korno
- trink-kornoa drinking-vessel made from the horn of an animal
German Trinkhorn
- Trinkhorna drinking-vessel made from the horn of an animal
Irish corn, corn óil
- corna drinking-vessel made from the horn of an animal
- corn óila drinking-vessel made from the horn of an animal
- buabhalla drinking-vessel made from the horn of an animal
Scottish Gaelic còrn
- còrna drinking-vessel made from the horn of an animal
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