† minne-drinkingn.
Obsolete. rare.
In Germany: the practice of ritual drinking in honour of a god, distinguished guest, etc.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of libations
libation1382
fleeting sacrifices1398
drink-offering1535
libament1582
libature1632
minne-drinking1880
1880 J. S. Stallybrass tr. J. Grimm Teutonic Mythol. I. iii. 62 Minne-drinking, even as a religious rite, apparently exists to this day in some parts of Germany.
1888 J. S. Stallybrass tr. J. Grimm Teutonic Mythol. IV. 1306 The German heroes drank minne without spilling any.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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