单词 | soul ale |
释义 | > as lemmassoul ale soul ale n. now historical and rare an ale-drinking or feast at a person's funeral; = dirge-ale n. at dirge n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [noun] > incidental to funeral wake1412 soul ale1577 play night1717 nine night1896 the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > a funeral > funeral feast or drinking mouldale1440 arval1459 mould-meata1522 soul ale1577 burial-feast1579 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. i. i. 32 The superfluous numbers of idle waks,..church-ales, helpe-ales, and soule-ales, called also dirge-ales,..are well diminished. 1889 P. B. Du Chaillu Viking Age II. iv. 55 In Christian times the arvel changed its name into that of soul-ale. 2005 I. Lendler Alcoholica Esoterica 29 There were child ales,..dirge ales, soul ales, and, starting all the way back in the eleventh century, bride ales. < as lemmas |
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