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单词 minne-drinking
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minne-drinkingn.

Origin: A borrowing from German, combined with an English element; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: German Minne , drinking n.
Etymology: < German Minne love, affection (see mean v.1) + drinking n., after the German phrase Minne trinken (Middle High German minne trinken < minne + trinken drink v.1). O.E.D. Suppl. (1976) gives the pronunciation as (mi·nəˌdri:ŋkiŋ) /ˈmɪnəˌdrɪŋkɪŋ/.
Obsolete. rare.
In Germany: the practice of ritual drinking in honour of a god, distinguished guest, etc.
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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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