metheglin

[ muh-theg-lin ]

/ məˈθɛg lɪn /

a variety of spiced mead.

Origin of metheglin

1525–35; < Welsh meddyglyn, equivalent to meddyg healing (< Latin medicus; see medical) + llyn liquor

Maybe a whole horn of metheglin was passed around in true medieval fashion to "speed the parting guests."

The Stronghold |Miriam Haynie
Consider of making Metheglin thus with purified rain water (of the Æquinoxe) or Dew.

The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened |Kenelm Digby
There he worked and talked and entertained, made his metheglin and aqua vitæ and other messes, till his last illness in 1665.

The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened |Kenelm Digby
He gulped down a cupful of metheglin, and then another, and subsided into a chair, to wait.

Star of Mercia |Blanche Devereux

As you desire your Metheglin in strength, so take at the first either of the quantities of water.

The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened |Kenelm Digby

metheglin

/ (məˈθɛɡlɪn) /

(esp formerly) spiced or medicated mead

C16: from Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg healer (from Latin medicus medical) + llyn liquor